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Exchange Visitors and Exchange Visitor Programs

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International Faculty, Staff, Researchers

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U.S. Immigration Systems, Data, Status, and Concepts

Visas, Travel, Entry

IssueNet Quarterly Summary - July 2019

Summary of top issues reported to NAFSA IssueNet from March 2019 to June 2019 Long delays for H-1B applications which are impacting other things such as renewing driver's licenses. USCIS continues to apply a stricter standard of the Specialty Occupation definition for H-1Bs than in the past, leading

Foreign Gift and Contract Reporting

Recent Updates Executive Order 14282 of April 23, 2025: Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities. EO on whitehouse.gov | EO 14282 published at 90 FR 17541 (April 28, 2025). This Executive Order reinstates and tightens enforcement of higher education institutions' obligation

SEVP Conference Bulletin - September 2013

September 2013 update newsletter from the Department of Homeland Security's Student and Exchange Visitor Program.

PERM Online System User Guide

DOL's PERM User Guide describes the fundamentals of the web-based system, including registering, logging in, preparing a PERM application, and managing your user account."

SEVP Draft Guidance for Comment: Secondary Postgraduate Year Programs

Update: SEVP has not finalized policy guidance on this topic. See SEVP's Trends and Improvements page where it makes note of the status of this draft policy guidance. In 2016, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) posted a draft policy guidance document for comment titled: SEVP Policy

Key Takeaways from the May 16, 2019 DOL OFLC Stakeholder Meeting

Top Takeaways from the Department of Labor Stakeholder Meeting on May 16, 2019 A new system for filing with DOL is here: the Foreign Labor Application Gateway ( FLAG). Starting Monday, June 10, applications for Prevailing Wage Determinations will only be accepted through FLAG Due to the transition

Jose Martinez

Jose Martinez serves as the Director of International Student and Scholar Services at the University of the Incarnate Word, where he brings over 15 years of expertise in international education. He has extensive experience working with international students, scholars, visiting groups, and secondary

8cfr2143

August 9, 2023

8 CFR 214.3 Approval of schools for enrollment of F and M nonimmigrants This resource is a reference aid for authorized users of the NAFSA Adviser's Manual. This is not an official edition of the Code of Federal Regulations. This resource is a reference aid for authorized users of the NAFSA Adviser

Adviser's Manual 360 News Feed

You can subscribe to the Adviser's Manual 360 RSS News Feed using any RSS feed aggregator, as well as through RSS feed readers that come with web accounts like My Yahoo and email programs like Microsoft Office. Copy and paste the following feed URL into your feed aggregator or email program: https:/

SEVP Prohibits Distribution of Form I-20 to Third Parties

SEVP Policy Guidance: Form I-20 Issuance and School Use of Recruiters (June 4, 2019) is directed to the practice of releasing I-20s to "recruiters," but its language reaches more broadly than that, stating that "DSOs are only authorized to release the Form I-20 directly to nonimmigrant students