New Announcements

» April 11: New F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT) rules and regulations have been reviewed and outlined here (pdf).

» April 8: The U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a notice indicating that it has already received enough H-1B petitions to exhaust both the 65,000 H-1B quota and the 20,000 exemption from the quota for graduates of U.S. universities with a master’s degree or higher. In other words, both the "bachelor’s degree cap" and the "master’s degree cap" have been exhausted.

USCIS will now begin the lottery process, first selecting 20,000 petitions for the "master’s cap." Any petitions not selected for the "master’s cap" lottery will be considered for the "bachelor's cap" lottery. Petitions not selected for processing will be returned (with filing fees).

We will have our monthly H-1B workshop on April 17, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon, Student Union room 304C. Please RSVP by e-mailing Dana Foster or call 486-3855 if you plan to attend this workshop.

» Evidence for Social Security Number and Card - Foreign Student (F-1 and M-1): https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203470