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Looking back at 2023, many of the employment-based immigration changes proposed and implemented by various U.S. government agencies focused on increasing efficiency and alleviating...

The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to hear a challenge to a visa program that allows foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges and universities to work in the...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated landscape architecture as a STEM degree program, which recognizes the scientific work being done in the field and expands opportunities for research grants.

Second Round of H-1B Cap Registration Selection – United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted a second round of the H-1B cap lottery between July 28th and 31st...

On July 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) updated the STEM Designated Degree Program List by adding eight new qualifying fields of study. The Program List is...

I was accepted into a prestigious robotics engineering master's program in the U.S. but the denial rate for F-1 student visas is increasing. Why?

On July 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added eight new qualifying fields of study to the STEM Designated Degree Program List. F-1 nonimmigrant students who...

On July 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added eight fields of study to the Designated Degree Program List qualifying F-1 students to secure a STEM OPT (science,...

In 2022, DHS published a Federal Register notice announcing the addition of 22 qualifying fields of study to the STEM list. The Federal Register notice also shared instructions for how members of the public can nominate new majors for potential inclusion on or removal from the STEM list.

The United States will add eight new fields of study for international students seeking to gain practical work experience.