Regulatory Information

Exchange Visitors and Exchange Visitor Programs

Fees, Forms, Filing Procedures

Institutional Obligations and Compliance

International Faculty, Staff, Researchers

International Students and Schools

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

Visas, Travel, Entry

NAFSA Comments on Streamlining and Improving US Immigration System

On January 29, 2015, NAFSA submitted a letter to the Departments of Homeland Security and State (DHS and DOS) making recommendations on how to streamline and improve the nation’s legal immigration system. NAFSA's letter was in response to a December 30, 2014 Federal Register notice [79 FR 78458]

STEM OPT WashTech Litigation

October 2, 2023

The Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech) filed suit against both the standard 12-month OPT rule and the 24-month STEM OPT rule, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, raising many of the same substantive issues WashTech had brought up in the suit they filed against

References To CPT Requirements In SEVP Broadcast Message On Student Employment

SEVP's brief sentence regarding CPT requirements creates some concern.

DHS Rule on Work Authorization for Certain H-4 Dependents

DHS rule effective May 26, 2015 allows certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants to apply to USCIS for work authorzation. A lawsuit is challenging the rule, USCIS is working on a proposed rule that would rescind the H-4 employment rule.

Virtual Brown Bag - The DOS OPA-AG Unit

Department of State's Office of Private Sector Exchange Administration-Academic and Government Programs Unit (OPA-AG) partners with academic and government sponsors to protect exchange visitors' health, safety, and well-being by actively monitoring SEVIS and responding to complaints and incidents

H-1B Cap Resource Page

Stay up to date on H-1B cap issues.

Sources of Authority on Curricular Practical Training

NAFSA compilation of Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and CPT-like regulatory language, federal register supplementary information, and agency policy guidance (if any), for the 2002, 1991, 1987, 1983, and 1978 rulemakings relating to CPT and CPT-like predecessors.