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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching a new initiative to enhance our nation's economic, scientific and technological competitiveness by finding new, innovative ways to encourage the best and brightest international students to study and learn about expanded post-graduate opportunities in the United States. Foreign students and exchange visitors bring invaluable contributions to our nation, and the Study in the States initiative is an important step in empowering the next generation of international entrepreneurs right here in America.

The Best and the Brightest

The Study in the States Initiative will examine the existing student visa and exchange visitor programs, as well as related programs for students after they have completed their course of study, to identify problem areas, and to consider possible improvements.

The initiative will also seek to enhance coordination between the various federal agencies that play a role in implementing our student visa and exchange visitor programs.

This initiative brings together the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs and Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Partners

• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
• Department of State (DOS)
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
• U.S. Department of Labor (DoL)
• U.S. Department of Education (ED)
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)