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SEVP Sends Notices to OPT Students Without Employer Information in SEVIS

May 16, 2025

In mid-May, 2025 NAFSA members reported that certain F-1 students on Optional Practical Training (OPT) received a letter from SEVP titled “Student and Exchange Visitor Program: Notice of Failure to Report Optional Practical Training Employer and Exceeding Permissible Period of Unemployment,"

Primer on USCIS Authority to Request Interviews and Biometrics

USCIS Authority to Request Interviews and Biometrics Some DHS form instructions, processes, or regulations may specifically require the filer or beneficiary to appear for an interview and/or biometric data collection. DHS regulations also allow USCIS to require any “applicant, petitioner, sponsor

IssueNet Quarterly Summary - First Quarter 2025

IssueNet Quarterly Summary - First Quarter 2025 January, February, March, 2025 Highlighting the top issues reported through NAFSA IssueNet. Prepared by Theresa Johnson, University of Denver and Laure Bordas-Isner, University of Michigan. Top Issues SEVP Issue One: Since mid-March, NAFSA has been

Regulatory Perspectives: Alien Registration Requirement

USCIS rules effective April 11, 2025, require young nonimmigrants who turn 14 while in the U.S. to "re-register" with USCIS within 30 days of their birthday. In this NAFSA Regulatory Perspectives webinar David Fosnocht from NAFSA spoke with attorneys Dena Neese (Goss Associates) and David Ware (Ware

Observations on Court Exhibit of SEVIS Policy on Termination of Records

May 2, 2025

Observations on Ex. 1, SEVIS Notice - Policy Regarding Termination of Records, filed by the government in the case of Arizona Student DOE 2 v. Trump, Case No. 4:25-cv-00175, (D. Ariz.). The SEVP policy document is publicly available in the case's docket on CourtListener, as Document Number 13

Litigation on the SEVIS Termination Issue

Updates: July 1, 2025. Stipulation with DHS Favors 358 Plaintiffs in Georgia Case, Litigation to be Filed Against DOS for Visa Revocations. On July 1, 2025, the Jane Doe 1 et al. v. Bondi et al., 1:25-cv-01998, (N.D. Ga.) case was dismissed, following the court's approval of a Stipulation of

Department of State Plans Comprehensive Reorganization

May 30, 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been communicating about a planned comprehensive reorganization of the Department of State (DOS), in a series of press releases. See: April 22, 2025 press release: Building an America First State Department, Press Statement, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, April

A Primer on Withdrawal of SEVP School Certification

May 30, 2025

A Primer on Withdrawal of SEVP School Certification This NAFSA resource covers the basics of withdrawal of SEVP school certification. Under certain circumstances, a certified school’s approval to enroll F or M students can be withdrawn. 8 CFR 214.4. There are three kinds of withdrawal of SEVP

Considerations on Reinstatement in the Context of ICE Initiated SEVIS Terminations

Challenges of Using the F-1 Reinstatement Process as a Part of a Legal Strategy to Address an ICE-Initiated Termination of a SEVIS Record DSOs may have been asked or wondered about using the F-1 reinstatement process as a part of a legal strategy to address an ICE-initiated termination of a SEVIS

State Department Announces Revocation of South Sudanese Visas

In an April 5, 2025 press statement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department has begun taking action "to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance to prevent entry into the United States by South Sudanese passport holders." Rubio cited the