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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on January 21, 2022, that 22 new fields of study are now included in the STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. The United States is making immigration changes to attract more foreign STEM...

To help the United States' economic recovery, the U.S. wants to attract more foreign J-1 STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) talent. The Departments of State and Homeland Security announced a new immigration program to increase opportunities for foreign STEM...

Due to the backlog of applications created by the pandemic, the U.S. State Department has waived student visa in-person interviews and other non-immigrant visa applications through 2022. Applicants for F, M and J visas applying from abroad won’t be required...

The Optional Practical Training (OPT) Program allows noncitizens who are in the United States on an F-1 student visa to work in the U.S. for up to three years if they meet eligibility requirements. OPT offers temporary employment to qualified...

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it will reimburse U nonimmigrant status visa, or U Visa, fees charged by mistake and correct some work authorization applications that were rejected by mistake. According to a  USCIS bulletin, “Individuals...

A short-term U.S. P work visa is for outstanding athletes, athletic teams and entertainment companies with a job offer from a U.S. employer. It is a non-immigrant employment visa that permits internationally recognized celebrity foreign nationals to temporarily live and...

An Einstein visa is a nickname for an EB-1 visa, an employment-based immigration visa. It is available for foreign nationals with "extraordinary ability" and "sustained national and international acclaim," and is named after Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstien so he...

The number of international students studying in the United States dropped significantly during the pandemic. The number of international students at U.S. universities dropped by 15%, in 2019/20 and the number of new international students dropped by 45.6%. With the...

Thousands of immigrant spouses of H-1B and L-1 visa holders will be able to work legally as a result of the settlement of a class-action lawsuit. Trump administration policy changes, combined with the closures and backlogs due to the global...

If you want to marry a foreign national, if you are a United States citizen, you may be able to sponsor them for a K-1 visa that allows them to come to the United States legally. However, this type of...