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New Resources For Foreign STEM Workers

To support the United States’ economic recovery, the U.S. wants to attract more foreign STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) workers. To attract more global STEM talent, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published additional online resources on the USCIS website uscis.gov to explain the temporary and permanent pathways for noncitizens to work in the United States in the STEM fields. It also includes the most important considerations for STEM professionals who want to work in the United States.

The new USCIS STEM worker resources are:

  • Options for Noncitizen STEM Professionals to Work in the United States
  • Nonimmigrant Pathways for STEM Employment in the United States
  • Immigrant Pathways for STEM Employment in the United States

STEM Student Visas

The Department of State and Homeland Security (DHS) has immigration programs to increase opportunities for foreign STEM scholars, students, researchers and other experts on a J-1 visa and the U.S. businesses that want to employ them. J-1 visas are for nonimmigrants participating in exchange programs, such as short-term scholars and university students.

To qualify for a J-1 visa, foreign STEM applicants must be in the United States primarily to

  • study
  • pursue training that is directly related to their major field of study
  • and either engage in a full course of study or begin academic training within 30 days after completion of related studies

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