by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jun 18, 2023 | F-1/M-1, Family Based Immigrant Visa, Latest News
We would like to reprint this notice from USCIS. Starting June 13th, the service will entertain premium processing applications for applicants seeking a change of status to to F-1, F-2, M-1, M-2, J-1, or J-2 status, who have a pending Form I-539. On June 26th, the...
by admin | Jul 15, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, F-1/M-1, General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
In a reversal of events, the Trump Administration agreed to rescind a directive regarding F-1 students who would have been required to leave the U.S. if their schools during the Fall 2020 semester were operating entirely online. This decision was made following...
by admin | Jul 10, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, F-1/M-1, General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced that foreign nationals on F-1 visas (as well as M-1 vocational students) attending schools during the Fall 2020 semester that are operating entirely online will not be permitted to take a full online course...
by admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, F-1/M-1, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
On February 6, 2020, a federal district court judge issued a permanent injunction that prohibits the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from implementing a new policy that made it so F, J, and M nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors and...
by admin | Aug 2, 2019 | F-1/M-1, General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) unit of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has officially launched on-site inspections of the STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) employment of certain F-1 trainees. The purpose of these...
by admin | May 10, 2019 | F-1/M-1, General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
In August 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a memorandum that altered agency policy regarding the calculation of unlawful presence for F, J, and M nonimmigrants and their dependents. A federal district court judge has...