Compliance Management

USCIS established an expedited process for reviewing and correcting decisions resulting from certain administrative errors.

Copy of letter from SEVP to the executive/owner of a school that has failed to apply for recertification at least 30 days in advance of its certification expiration date (CED).

BALCA holds that advertisements placed in connection with one of the three separate additional recruitment steps required by the standard labor certification recruitment regulations at 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(e)(1)(ii), "including website advertisements, must comply with the content requirements [of

BALCA defines the term "permanent" for purposes of 20 C.F.R. § 656.10(c)(10), which requires an employer to attest in a PERM application that the “job opportunity is for full-time, permanent employment for an employer other than the alien.”

BALCA defines when recruitment "begins" for purposes of the PERM prevailing wage determination validity provision at 20 CFR 656.40(c).

SEVP guidance to students studying at a school whose SEVIS certification has been automatically withdrawn as a result of the school recertification process.

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program's (SEVP) Fall 2011 conference presentation, entitled "Recertification: Easy as Review, Sign, and Submit," contains an explanation of the recertification process and tips on I-17 updates. The slideshow also contains a brief update on the progress of SEVIS II.

Transcript of SEVP's Recertification Webinar This is a transcript of SEVP’s October 11, 2011 webinar “Recertification: A Dialogue from an Institutional Perspective.” Downloaded from SEVP’s webinar site and saved as a Word document by NAFSA on October 14, 2011. Related resources SEVP's broadcast

Slideshow prepared by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) to accompany its webinar "Recertification: A Dialogue from an Institutional Perspective."

SEVP Broadcast Message 1107-01: Libyan F-1 ESL Students and Special Student Relief In a September 14, 2011 Broadcast Message, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) describes the conditions for reduced course load authorizations for Libyan F-1 ESL students who have been granted Special