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Earlier this week, on January 26, 2021, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) rescinded its intention, announced less than two weeks earlier, to develop an OPT Employment Compliance Unit. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) compliance-focused plan included close collaboration with other government agencies.
According to SEVP, following additional reviews of ICE’s current Optional Practical Training (OPT) compliance efforts, much of the work to be designated to the OPT Employment Compliance Unit is already being performed by SEVP and therefore they determined the additional unit is not needed. While we are uncertain as to the internal discourse leading up to the quick rescission, it is likely that new administration team members reviewed the optics of the unit, the timing of the announcement (a week before the inauguration), and the potential impact on foreign students wanting to study in the U.S.
DISSA), is the university’s office dedicated to helping international students, faculty, and scholars.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, DISSA continued offering typical services while adapting to any problems international students had with traveling and visa during the pandemic. Traditionally, international students head to DISSA for advising, immigration services, and questions about employment or life in the United States.
Now, DISSA keeps track of any immigration changes and restrictions to make sure that international students were able to maintain their status. In July, for example, when the now rescinded rule that international students with fully online courses would have to leave the country came into place, DISSA measured no efforts to promptly make announcements to all international students about how to proceed.
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: Employers should identify as soon as possible any current employees and employment candidates who may require H-1B work permit sponsorship before October 1, 2021, given that it is anticipated USCIS will again receive H-1B registrations far in excess of the annual quota, resulting in a random lottery-type selection process.
This Legal Update is intended to enable employers to identify any current employees and employment candidates who may require H-1B work permit sponsorship before October 1, 2021. We recommend that employers identify any such candidates as soon as possible.
In last year’s H-1B cap (FY 2021), USCIS implemented an electronic registration system for all cap-subject H-1B petitions. The initial registration period ran run from March 1, 2020 until March 20, 2020, followed by a lottery, and then a 90-day filing window for selected registrants. It is expected that USCIS will implement the electronic registration period for this year’s cap (FY 2022
January 21, 2021
A streamlined process for awarding green cards to international STEM doctoral students graduating from U.S. universities could benefit American innovation and competitiveness, including leveling the field for startups eager to attract such highly skilled workers, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell and the University of California, San Diego.
The new Biden administration backs policy reform aimed at achieving that end, which was part of bipartisan legislation proposed more than a decade ago. But progress has been stalled by broader concerns about visas – particularly the temporary H-1B, commonly used to hire entry-level guest IT workers – that critics say displace Americans with lower-paid foreign labor and should be scaled back.