Under a federal court ruling, international STEM students in the federal Optional Practical Training program will remain eligible for 36 months of training with U.S. employers. Stanford was among a group of colleges and universities joining in an amicus brief supporting the program.
Read more about Court ruling on Optional Training ProgramThe new federal administration has issued directives intended to preserve and support the DACA program and also to rescind the travel bans implemented by the previous administration.
Read more about Update: DACA, travel banStanford has submitted a formal comment letter opposing a proposed federal rule limiting the duration of F and J visas.
Read more about Stanford comment letter on proposed visa-duration ruleStanford joined with universities, businesses and research organizations in a lawsuit challenging U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security rules that would make drastic changes to the H-1B visa program.
Read more about Stanford joins lawsuit challenging new H-1B visa rulesStanford will strongly oppose a proposed federal rule that would have wide-ranging effects on international students and scholars who hold F or J visas.
Read more about Stanford statement on proposed visa-duration ruleIn an email to the campus community, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne discusses the federal government’s decision to rescind its July 6 guidance requiring nonimmigrant students who are not taking in-person classes in fall 2020 to leave the United States.
Read more about Update for our international studentsStanford joined 19 other colleges and universities in the western United States in a lawsuit challenging a new federal directive affecting international students, and also joined 58 other universities in a separate legal filing supporting another challenge to the federal directive.
Read more about Stanford joins legal actions seeking to block federal rule affecting international students with F-1 visasStanford joined other universities in a legal filing supporting a lawsuit brought by Harvard and MIT challenging the new federal directive affecting international students on F-1 visas.
Read more about Amicus brief filed in challenge to federal ruleIn a message to the university community, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne discusses Stanford’s opposition to a new federal rule affecting international students this fall. The president wrote to the Department of Homeland Security urging the department to rescind the announcement, and Stanford will join an amicus brief challenging the new rule in court.
Read more about President’s message on immigration ruleStanford is working to assess and respond to new rules announced by the federal government affecting international students studying this fall on F-1 visas.
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