On January 29, 2015, NAFSA submitted a letter to the Departments of Homeland Security and State (DHS and DOS) making recommendations on how to streamline and improve the nation’s legal immigration system. NAFSA's letter was in response to a December 30, 2014 Federal Register notice [79 FR 78458]
The Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech) filed suit against both the standard 12-month OPT rule and the 24-month STEM OPT rule, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, raising many of the same substantive issues WashTech had brought up in the suit they filed against
DHS rule effective May 26, 2015 allows certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants to apply to USCIS for work authorzation. A lawsuit is challenging the rule, USCIS is working on a proposed rule that would rescind the H-4 employment rule.
Department of State's Office of Private Sector Exchange Administration-Academic and Government Programs Unit (OPA-AG) partners with academic and government sponsors to protect exchange visitors' health, safety, and well-being by actively monitoring SEVIS and responding to complaints and incidents
NAFSA compilation of Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and CPT-like regulatory language, federal register supplementary information, and agency policy guidance (if any), for the 2002, 1991, 1987, 1983, and 1978 rulemakings relating to CPT and CPT-like predecessors.
Immigration Assistance for Students from Countries in Political Crisis. Advisers should first establish the scope of their legal authority to render assistance.