Presentation Description: This session will discuss the latest "hot topics" and updates on immigration-related issues facing international scholars, including recent USCIS policy changes, changes/adjudication trends with the PERM program, and consular processing updates, among others. Presenters will share practical guidance and provide tips for how to adapt institutional practices, and advise current and prospective international scholars, based on these recent developments.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss key changes in government policy affecting international scholars and how those changes impact advising current and prospective scholars.
Describe current USCIS trends in the processing and adjudication of temporary work visa and green card filings and best practices for adapting advising practices in response to these trends.
Understand other recent government policy and processing trends/changes affecting international scholars, including the current status of proposed regulatory changes, and strategies for adapting institutional policies and practices.
