Compliance Management

The Exchange Visitor Subcommittee of NAFSA's International Student and Scholar Regulatory Practice Committee (ISSRP) prepared a summary of the questions and responses from the 2017 Annual Conference session, "U.S. Department of State and Exchange Visitors: Current Issues," presented at the

NAFSA's Employment-Based Subcommittee has come up with a short list of key takeaways for practitioners in higher ed. from the DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) Stakeholder meeting on PERM, H-1B and Prevailing Wage issues, held on 9/12/2017 in Washington, DC.

NAFSA Practice Resource on H-1B Requests for Evidence (RFEs) related to the use of Wage Level I prevailing wage determinations (PWDs) and eligibility for H-1B classification. The resource provides some basic information on what is currently known, and a “back-to-basics” reminder of the legal

NAFSA asks SEVP and USCIS to consider 60-day OPT grace period in H-1B cap-gap denial and revocation decisions made after October 1, 2017.

CRS Backgrounder on Optional Practical Training For some background, read the Congressional Research Service's ( CRS) In Focus Report: Optional Practical Training (OPT) for Foreign Students in the United States, IF 12631 (May 30, 2025), transcribed by NAFSA . Recent Challenges to OPT under the

NAFSA compilation of immigration-related regulatory actions in the current Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions that are most relevant to institutions that invite international students and scholars to the United States.

Key Takeaways from the December 5, 2017 DOL OFLC Stakeholder Meeting.

Here you'll find ISS-RP summaries of the top 3-5 topics reported to IssueNet each quarter.

On February 22, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published Policy Memorandum PM-602-0157, "relating to H-1B petitions filed for workers who will be employed at one or more third-party worksites."

H1-B denials and the 60-day window. Multiple cases were reported of F-1 students whose H1B petitions were denied in early October and lost their 60 day grace period (immediate termination).