Immigration Insights Podcast: International Entrepreneur Parole Program & Biometrics Requirement
The U.S. Department of State has announced resumption of student and exchange visitor visa processing, along with expanded digital vetting procedures. The June 18, 2025, press release, “Announcement of Expanded Screening and...more
Last week, an internal U.S. Department of State (DOS) correspondence pertaining to visa processing for international student and exchange visitors in the F, M, and J visa classifications was leaked and published by various...more
On May 27, 2025, the Department of State issued a cable instructing U.S. Embassies and Consulates to pause scheduling new visa appointments for foreign nationals seeking to obtain student and exchange visitor visas (F, M, and...more
On May 29, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation to block certain Chinese nationals associated with entities in China that implement or support China’s “military-civil fusion strategy”1 from entering the United...more