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Visas, Travel, Entry

List of Visa Waiver Program Countries

The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) enables citizens of participating countries to travel to the United States for business or tourism for 90 days or less without obtaining a U.S. B-1 or B-2 visa. Those entering for business purposes as defined in INA 101(a)(15)(B) are admitted in WB status. Those

THRIVE Act Veterans Benefits Provision Poses Unexpected Challenge to Use of Incentive-Based Agents for International Student Recruitment

On December 21, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Responsible Education Mitigating Options and Technical Extensions (REMOTE) Act, which amended veterans benefits provisions at 38 USC 3679 and 3696 to once again allow schools to engage in incentive-based arrangements to recruit foreign

Information Resources for Assisting Afghan Students and Scholars

January 6, 2023

As the situation in Afghanistan develops, this page will list immigration information resources relevant to Afghan students and scholars in and outside the United States. NAFSA Advocacy NAFSA Letter Urges DOS to Allow Afghan Women More Opportunity for U.S. Study. In a December 22, 2022 letter to

Archive: Plan to Separate Form I-129 into Several Individual Forms

DHS is not separating Form I-129 into multiple forms in the January 4, 2023 proposed fee rule, as it did in the 2020 fee rule. However, it reserves the right to take that action separately as a revision of the currently approved Form I-129 information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act

IssueNet Quarterly Summary - Summer 2021

June to July 2021 Highlighting the top issues reported through NAFSA IssueNet. Prepared by Taya Carothers & Adam Cohen, Members of the International Student and Scholar Regulatory Practice (ISS RP) Committee. Top Issues NIE questions We received several reports related to the National Interest

USCIS Flexibilities for Certain Applicants Filing Form I-765 for OPT

On July 29, 2021, USCIS posted an alert on its February 26, 2021 web page that provides a very brief summary of the Consent Order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Court of Ohio Eastern Division in the Juyi Li et al. v. USCIS et al. class action lawsuit that had been filed

8cfr2142m

May 7, 2023

8 CFR 214.2(m) Students in established vocational or other recognized nonacademic institutions, other than in language training programs. This resource is a reference aid for authorized users of the NAFSA Adviser's Manual. This is not an official edition of the Code of Federal Regulations. Last

NAFSA Request for Special Student Relief for Haitian F-1 Students

Update: On August 3, 2021, DHS will publish an SSR notice for Haitian students, in the Federal Register. An advance public inspection version of the notice is now available. The notice will be effective from August 3, 2021 through February 3, 2023. On July 22, 2021, NAFSA Executive Director and CEO

Change of Physical Mailing Address at Atlanta National Processing Center Effective August 25, 2021

The physical mailing address of the Department of Labor's Atlanta National Processing Center (ANPC) will change beginning August 25, 2021, with the exception of mail associated with the processing of applications requesting permanent labor certification subject to supervised recruitment. On the

SEVP Employment FAQs

Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Employment FAQs (Updated 02/28/2023), downloaded and formatted by NAFSA on 03/02/2023 from https://www.ice.gov/sevis/employment. This version is posted on the NAFSA website for convenient reference. Please visit https://www.ice.gov/sevis/employment for the