July, 2015 White House report connected to President Obama's Immigration Executive Actions. Presents actions that federal agencies plan to undertake "to modernize and streamline our legal immigration system within existing authorities."

SEVIS Release 6.23, implemented on December 6, 2015, contained changes related to F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT) as well as other important changes.

This resource helps bridge the gap between educators and dining service staff about one of the most important factors of everyday student life - meal plans and student dining. This resource provides over fifteen low-cost suggestions for dining services to incorporate to make the dining hall a more

NAFSA Engagement Summaries NAFSA member volunteers regularly attend or tune in to agency stakeholder meetings and public engagements. Below you'll find summaries and resources stemming out of those engagements. NAFSA IssueNet Quarterly Trend Reports USCIS Engagement Summaries DOL-OFLC Engagement

August 31, 2015 Department of State letter to exchange visitor program sponsors, providing an overview of Exchange Visitor Program accomplishments over the past year, and future initiatives and plans.

Effective October, 2015, USCIS has revised the procedures for determining when adjustment of status applications may be filed. The new process may allow some applicants to file their adjustment applications earlier, and become eligible for adjustment applicant benefits like advance parole and

DHS published the final 24-month STEM OPT rule in the Federal Register at 81 FR 13039 (March 11, 2016).

The Vermont Service Center (VSC) Stakeholder Conference was a general USCIS conference that addressed several topics of interests to its stakeholders, and didn’t focus on one particular specialty. It was designed to give participants important updates on various processing at the VSC.

This research deepens the understanding of the landscape of existing pathway partnerships by providing a working definition, a broad typology, and select characteristics of institutions.

SEVP issues “Stakeholder Response Report” to address Issues raised at 2015 NAFSA Annual Conference.