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Immigration Updates
Immigration Updates
This page highlights the recent immigration enforcement changes and what they may mean for you. We'll keep this page updated with the most recent information and our guidance. If you have any questions, you can contact International Students and Scholar Services.
NEWS / STATEMENTS / PRESS RELEASES
- 06/10/22 Rescission: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result or Documentation of Recovery from COVID-19 for all Airline or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving into the United States from Any Foreign Country
- 06/07/22 Employment Authorization for Cameroonian F-1 Nonimmigrant Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship as a Direct Result of the Crises in Cameroon
- 06/07/22 DHS Announces Registration Process for Temporary Protected Status for Cameroon
- 05/19/22 DHS Announces Registration Process for Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan
- 04/18/22 DHS Announces Registration Process for Temporary Protected Status for Ukraine and Sudan
- 04/18/22 Secretary Mayorkas Designates Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months
- 03/17/22 Secretary Mayorkas Designates Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status
- 03/03/22 Secretary Mayorkas Designates Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months
- 11/26/21 Presidential Proclamation on Suspension of Entry (REVOKED)
- 10/15/21 Travel to the U.S. requires full Covid vaccination
- 09/18/21 Special Student Relief for Somali students
- 09/14/21 DOS announces expansion of Visa Interview Waivers
- 09/04/21 Special Student Relief for Yemeni students
- 07/30/21 Special Student Relief for Haitian F-1 Students
- 07/29/21 USCIS flexibilities for certain applicants filing form I-765 for OPT
- 07/20/21 USCIS Rescinds COS to F-1 “Bridge Application” policy
- 07/06/21 DHS announced it has formally withdrawn a proposed rule change that sought to place term limits on international student visas
- 06/30/21 Student athlete name, image, and likeness rules (NIL)
- 05/24/21 DHS Announces Open Registration for Temporary Protected Status for Burma
- 04/30/21 National Interest Exception (NIE) for certain travelers from India (REVOKED)
- 04/30/21 Covid Entry Restrictions on Travelers Coming from India
- 04/26/21 National Interest Exception (NIE) for certain travelers from China, Iran, Brazil, South Africa, Schengen Area, United Kingdom, Ireland
- 01/25/21 New COVID-19 International Travel Restrictions (REVOKED)
- 01/25/21 Proclamation (#TBD): Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Non-Immigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease (REVOKED)
- 01/20/21 Proclamation 10141: Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States
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