Posted on April 27, 2021 by sethlerner1964
Advance copies were made available of DHS notices of the suspension of certain requirements governing employment for F-1 students from Syria and from Venezuela who are experiencing severe economic hardship as a result of the civil unrest in their home countries.
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Posted on April 26, 2021 by sethlerner1964
USCIS announced that that F-1 students seeking optional practical training (OPT) can now file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, online if they are filing under one of these categories: Pre-Completion OPT; Post-Completion OPT; and 24-Month Extension of OPT for science, technology, engineering and mathematics students.
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Posted on January 24, 2021 by sethlerner1964
Posted on August 7, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Fourth Circuit granted the government’s motion to voluntarily dismiss the Guilford College case after the government withdrew its appeal, thus making final the permanent injunction of the USCIS policy memo on the accrual of unlawful presence for F, J, and M nonimmigrants.
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Posted on July 14, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
ICE recently announced a policy that would require international students to leave the country if they do not take any in-person classes this fall term. This would apply even if the university is fully online this fall or if the university transitions to an online model in the middle of the semester. On July 7, top universities including Harvard, Columbia, and Stanford have denounced the policy, while also assuring international students that they will work to create a plan that will allow them to continue their studies in America “without fear.” On July 8, Harvard and MIT filed suit in federal court, seeking to block the policy and calling ICE’s decision “arbitrary and capricious.”
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Posted on July 14, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
According to guidelines published by ICE on July 6, international students whose universities go fully online this fall will either have to transfer universities to one holding in-person instruction or leave the U.S. For schools that will have a mix of in-person and online classes, international students will be barred from taking only online classes. International students will not be exempt from these guidelines even if the universities transition to online classes during the fall term. The American Council of Education called the guidelines “horrifying” and said this was clearly an incentive for schools to reopen despite possible health consequences.
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Posted on February 20, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Several college presidents sued the Trump administration over a policy change that amended how a foreign national’s “unlawful presence” in the U.S. is calculated to include more time, making it more difficult for many to stay in the U.S. They argued that the change would harm students, scholars, and others who sometimes temporarily lost legal status while switching schools and jobs. On February 6, Judge Biggs ruled that the change “impermissibly conflicted” with immigration law, and issued a permanent injunction against the policy.
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Posted on December 10, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
A report from the Institute of International Education showed that foreign student enrollment in U.S. universities dropped by 1% compared to 2018, and the two years prior had drops of 7% and 3%. The drop in the number of students from China has been particularly sharp. Some schools pointed out the president’s rhetoric as one reason for the downturn. The Trump administration instead theorized that the drop was due to high tuition costs and not immigration policies.
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Posted on August 7, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Starting August 9, 2018, a new policy goes into effect for F-1 and J-1 holders. They will start accruing unlawful presence the day after they violate their status, get an order from a Judge they are out of status, or get a ruling from Immigration their status is denied.
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Posted on August 7, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS’s new policy on the calculation of unlawful presence for those in student (F nonimmigrant), exchange visitor (J nonimmigrant), or vocational student (M nonimmigrant) status and their dependents will take effect next Thursday, August 9, 2018.
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