Compliance Management

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

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

The outcome for students under SEVP's March 2020 Guidance, which continues to apply for the 2022-23 academic year, depends to some degree on the following factors: Location: Is the student outside or inside the United States? Program Type: Is the student's program of study All Online, Hybrid, or In

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

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

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

On July 29, 2020, the Office of Private Sector Exchange sent the following email to university program sponsors, stating that: DOS will "continue to accept online coursework for college and university J-1 nonimmigrant exchange visitors that remain in active SEVIS status" For exchange visitors who

On July 20, 2020, the Department of Labor Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) posted a news item regarding public comment on proposed changes to the ETA 9089 permanent labor certification (PERM) form. Comments are due by September 18, 2020. Read NAFSA's comment letter (September 10, 2020)

A USCIS adjudicator's decision to approve or deny many immigration benefit types is discretionary, which means that in addition to establishing threshold eligibility under regular requirements for the benefit, an applicant also has to demonstrate "that the request merits a favorable exercise of