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Student and exchange visitor update: F, M, J visa processing resumes worldwide; expedited processing, record numbers of students announced

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 9 2011

The Department of State recently identified difficulties with its Consolidated Consular Database (CCD) communications with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program’s (SEVP) Student and Exchange Visitor Information System

SEVP updates SEVIS instructions, list of approved schools

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 11 2011

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) released updated instructions on September 7, 2011, for users of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS

ICE issues notice on special relief for Libyan F-1 ESL students

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • Libya, USA
  • -
  • October 11 2011

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a notice to SEVIS users on September 14, 2011, on special relief for Libyan F-1 students enrolled in English as a Second Language programs, as outlined in a Federal Register notice published on June 10, 2011

DHS launches ‘Study in the States’

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 11 2011

On September 16, 2011, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced an initiative to streamline the international student visa process for foreign students seeking to study in the U.S

Obama administration announces focus on high-risk cases in removal proceedings

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2011

On August 18, 2011, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that the Obama administration plans to focus removal efforts on high-priority cases such as convicted felons and others posing a threat to public safety, and to initiate an interagency case-by-case review to ensure that both those currently in removal proceedings and new cases placed in removal proceedings meet those priorities