NAFSA Retention Research

NAFSA submitted this comment letter to the U. S. Department of Labor's Standard Occupational Classification Policy Committee, recommending the following improvements to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) manual that is used in the prevailing wage determination process.

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Texas Service Center conducted an open house stakeholder event on April 15, 2014. These notes were taken at the event by a member of NAFSA’s ISS-RP Regulatory Ombuds Subcommittee.

A Department of State (DOS) interim final rule effective September 12, 2014 will reduce the fees for several DOS applications encountered at institutions of higher education.

Resources collected by NAFSA that might assist international educators in helping students and scholars affected by the earthquake in Nepal.

Members of NAFSA's ISS-RP Regulatory Ombuds Subcommittee attended the 2015 USCIS Texas Service Center Open House.

While Congress debates legislative immigration reform, the Obama administration is engaged in exploring ways to address inadequacies in the immigration system through administrative measures like presidential executive actions and new or amended regulations and government policies. This page will

July, 2015 White House report connected to President Obama's Immigration Executive Actions. Presents actions that federal agencies plan to undertake "to modernize and streamline our legal immigration system within existing authorities."

Effective October, 2015, USCIS has revised the procedures for determining when adjustment of status applications may be filed. The new process may allow some applicants to file their adjustment applications earlier, and become eligible for adjustment applicant benefits like advance parole and