Compliance Management

DOS Policy on Interview Waiver Eligibility

Revised Visa Interview Waiver Policy In a February 18, 2025 Interview Waiver Update the Department of State announced changes to its policies on eligibility for waivers of the in-person visa interview requirement. The update rescinds prior expansions of interview waiver authority, for example
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CIP 2010 to CIP 2020 Conversion in SEVIS

Download the 2020 DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List from ICE.gov The conversion from CIP 2010 to CIP 2020 was accomplished in SEVIS Release 6.55, implemented on October 16, 2020. CIP codes are shared by all SEVIS categories, F, M, and J. SEVP's SEVIS Release 6.55 Planning Guide contains
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USCIS Reminder to Enter OPT Employment Info in SEVIS

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent the following email to stakeholders on August 18, 2020. The message is also posted on the USCIS web site as a news alert. From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Sent: August 18, 2020 Subject: USCIS Reminds
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Iranian Students and Online Coursework

Iran has been subject to numerous U.S. sanctions for decades. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers and enforces most of these sanctions. OFAC maintains a resource page that presents the complicated and numerous Iran sanctions. One part of the Iran
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SEVP 2020 FAQs on COVID-19

SEVP posted a revised set of COVID-19 FAQs dated August 7, 2020 at www.ice.gov/doclib/coronavirus/covid19faq.pdf, which merged its July 24 "Clarifying Questions" and its July 15 FAQs into a single document, revising some of the FAQs "to reflect the fall 2020 semester," and to archive and rescind
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DOL Announces Data Sharing MOU with DHS

The Department of Labor announced on July 31, 2020 that it entered into a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Homeland Security, allowing the Departments to provide access and share information about immigrant and nonimmigrant petition records and data contained within the
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USCIS 2020 Final Rule on Fees, Forms, and Related Changes

On August 3, 2020, DHS adjusted the fees USCIS charges for immigration and naturalization benefit requests, imposed new fees, revised certain fee waiver and exemption policies, and changed certain application requirements via the rule USCIS Fee Schedule & Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit
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