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Immigration Updates and Alerts
2024
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Certain Palestinian Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (April 12)
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DHS Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Ethiopian Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (April 12)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Students from Burma Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (March 22)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Venezuelan Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (March 11)
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DHS Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Syrian Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (January 29)
2023
- DOS Extends Special Student Relief Benefits for J-1 International Students [Federal Register Notice 88 FR 74555] (October 31)
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DHS Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits for F-1 International Students from Cameroon (October 6)
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DHS Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Afghan Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (September 21)
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DHS Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to South Sudanese Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (September 5)
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DHS Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Sudanese and Ukrainian Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (August 18)
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DHS Announces Updated STEM Designated Degree Program List (July 12)
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SEVP COVID-19 Flexibilities Terminated (May 12)
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DHS Redesignates and Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Hong Kong Resident Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (May 3)
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DOS Publishes Special Student Relief Benefits for J-1 International Students [Federal Register Notice 88 FR 20202] (April 5)
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DHS Redesignates and Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Somali Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (March 10)
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DHS Redesignates and Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Haitian Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (January 25)
2022
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DHS Redesignates and Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Yemeni Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (December 30)
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DHS Designates Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Ethiopian Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (December 9)
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DHS Redesignates and Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Burmese Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (September 26)
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DHS Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Venezuelan Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (September 7)
- DHS Redesignates and Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Syrian Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (July 29)
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SEVP to Mail Notices to OPT Students Without Employer Information (August 28)
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ICE.gov Updated with Latest SEVP Guidance and Stakeholder FAQs (March 24, 2020 - May 11, 2023)
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SEVP Stakeholders: Read about SEVP Adaptations in Response to COVID-19 (March 18)
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COVID-19: Guidance for SEVP Stakeholders (March 13)
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Potential Procedural Adaptations for F and M nonimmigrant students (March 9)
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An Overview of STEM OPT Employer Site Visits (February 13/14)
- 2019 Novel Coronavirus and F and M nonimmigrants (January 29)