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Revised STEM OPT Program Will Take Effect May 10
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March 9, 2016
A significantly revised and broadened STEM optional practical training (OPT) program will take effect on May 10 under a final regulation slated to be published in the Federal Register on Friday. An advance copy of the rule was made available today.
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BOCO Donates US$ 1 Million to Fuel NYU Shanghai Research
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March 4, 2016
Joined by a team of faculty, Provost Joanna Waley-Cohen greeted Dr. Wei Deng, founder of Bright Oceans Corporations (BOCO) and a valued friend of NYU Shanghai on February 28. BOCO recently made a generous donation of US$ 1 million to the NYU Shanghai Education Development Foundation...
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Fragomen Immigration Update: July 10 - 16, 2015
Announcement
July 16, 2015
In United States immigration news this week, a long-awaited White House report recommended wide-ranging administrative improvements to the U.S. legal immigration system, including plans to improve the manner in which employment-based immigrant visas are allocated.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reinstated premium processing for H-1B extension petitions received by the agency on or after July 13, 2015. The suspension was originally set to end on July 27. While USCIS continues to process receipted FY 2016 H-1B cap petitions, the agency estimates that all H-1B cap petitions not selected in the lottery will be returned by July 20, 2015.
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H-1B Processing Update: USCIS Completes Return of FY 2016 Cap Petitions Not Selected in the Lottery
Announcement
July 14, 2015
USCIS today announced that it has finished returning H-1B petitions that were not selected in the FY 2016 cap lottery. Employers with cases not chosen for processing should receive their returned petition packages and fee checks by July 20, 2015.
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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for H-1B Extensions
Announcement
July 13, 2015
USCIS announced today that it has reinstated premium processing for H-1B extension petitions – two weeks earlier than anticipated. Beginning today, the agency will accept Form I-907 premium processing requests for any H-1B petition requesting an extension of stay, but any request to premium process an H-1B extension received prior to July 13, 2015 will be rejected.
The premium processing suspension was put in place on May 19 to allow USCIS to devote resources to the new H-4 employment authorization program, which opened on May 26. The suspension was originally set to end on July 27, but has been lifted early because the agency's H-4 EAD workload was not as onerous as expected.
What This Means for Employers and Foreign Nationals?
Employers who were unable to submit a premium processing request or whose earlier request was rejected for the underlying H-1B extension petition can now upgrade to premium processing by submitting Form I-907 and its required fee. New H-1B extension petitions with a request for premium processing will also be accepted as of today.
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