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The New York Times education blog, The Choice, offers a series of posts dedicated to helping students understand the college admissions process. In March 2013, The Choice featured a college checklist which shared advice on how to prepare for a college admissions decision letter and explained what…

The designated school official (DSO) community works closely with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) throughout the F and M student process. SEVP works to protect national security by ensuring only legitimate students come to the United States. As a DSO you are an important part to…

Effective on April 26, 2013, a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rule went into effect to automate the Form I-94, “Arrival/ Departure Record.” With the new automated Form I-94 process, CBP officers will create an electronic automated arrival record during the admissions process for…

On April 5, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had received more than the congressionally-mandated limit of 65,000 non-exempt H-1B petitions, along with over 20,000 advanced degree exempt H-1B petitions. As a result, USCIS is no longer accepting H-1B petitions…