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Immigration Updates and Alerts
2024
- DHS Announces New Special Student Relief Authorization for Lebanese Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (November 26)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Lebanese Students
Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (October 18)
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DHS Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Somali Students Experiencing
Severe Economic Hardship (July 19)
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DHS Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Yemeni Students Experiencing
Severe Economic Hardship (July 8)
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DHS Redesignates and Extends Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to
Haitian Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (June 28)
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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)
- 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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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Cameroonian Students
Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (June 7)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits for Afghanistan (May
19)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Ukrainian and Sudanese
Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (April 18)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to South Sudanese
Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (March 2)
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DHS Announces Updated STEM Designated Degree Program List (January
21)
2021
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Hong Kong Resident
Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (November 24)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Haitian Students
Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (July 30)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Somali Students Experiencing
Severe Economic Hardship (July 21)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Yemeni Students Experiencing
Severe Economic Hardship (July 9)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Burmese Students
Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (May 24)
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DHS Announces Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Syrian and Venezuelan
Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship (April 21)
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Updated DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List Available (February
1)
2020
COVID (Archive)