Compliance Management

Advisers should follow their school's policy on encouraging students and scholars to consult with an experienced immigration lawyer whenever issues or circumstances involve a status violation, or the possibility that DHS or DOS might determine that a status violation has occurred either recently or

Key takeaways for practitioners in higher education, from notes taken at the Department of Labor Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) Stakeholder meeting on PERM, H-1B and Prevailing Wage issues, held in Chicago, IL, on June 5, 2018.

A new edition of Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and Form I-765 instructions, are available on the USCIS web site at www.uscis.gov/i-765. The latest Form I-765 has an edition date of 05/31/18. Starting 09/17/18, USCIS will accept only the 05/31/18 edition.

Top issues reported to NAFSA IssueNet from April-July 2018.

On August 6, 2018, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program sent this broadcast message to SEVIS users, identifying data interface issues between USCIS' CLAIMS system and SEVIS, and commenting on the agencies' efforts to resolve those issues.

In a September 28, 2108 news alert, USCIS reminded F-1 students who had received "cap-gap" extensions of their OPT, that their cap-gap employment authorization ends on September 30, 2018. The USCIS reminder included a warning that working beyond that date, unless supported by some other type of work

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 2018 Annual Conference session, "U.S. Department of State and Exchange Visitors: Current Issues," presented at the

Summaries of engagements with the DOS Exchange Visitor Program, prepared by the Exchange Visitor Subcommittee of NAFSA's International Student and Scholar Regulatory Practice Committee (ISSRP).

The Employment-Based Subcommittee of NAFSA's International Student and Scholar Regulatory Practice Committee (ISS RP) developed this list of key takeaways for practitioners in higher education, from notes taken at the Department of Labor Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) Stakeholder

On August 10, 2018, the Department of State issued Guidance Directive 2018-01 - College and University Student Category: Avoiding Unskilled Placements in Academic Training and Student Internship Programs. The directive communicates the Department's perspective on a number of aspects of the J-1