by IdaKeir | Jun 20, 2019 | Employment & Nurses, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Student Visas
University of Oregon International GEs have asked for advice on dealing with the current processing delays for post-completion employment authorization (EAD) approvals. This problem applies to students across the U.S. EAD applications must be sent to U.S. Citizenship...
by IdaKeir | Mar 21, 2019 | Employment & Nurses, Ida Keir Law, Student Visas
Optional Practical Training or OPT allows you to continue in F-1 student status and to be employed after you graduate, as long as you did not complete 12 months of OPT pre-graduation. Here are rules to be aware of: You need both your school’s recommendation and...
by IdaKeir | Oct 2, 2018 | Employment & Nurses, News Archive, Student Visas
Students on post-graduation F-1 OPT, waiting for a decision on their employer’s H-1B application, can’t work as of Oct. 1 unless they have separate authorization to do so. On September 28, USCIS reminded F-1 students with “cap-gap” extensions...
by IdaKeir | Aug 23, 2018 | Employment & Nurses, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Student Visas, Unlawful Presence/DACA
The U.S. government made changes to its unlawful presence policy on August 9, 2018 which puts foreign students at risk of being barred from re-entering the U.S. for 3 or 10 years if they leave the country. Some immigration updates are relatively easy to explain to the...
by IdaKeir | Nov 7, 2017 | Employment & Nurses, Ida Keir Law, Immigration Reform, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Student Visas
International students in F-1 visa status may not feel welcome in the U.S. by the government these days. They should know their universities and many community members do welcome them. Here are some new Trump administration policies that affect students negatively....
by IdaKeir | Oct 18, 2017 | Citizenship, Employment & Nurses, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Student Visas, Unlawful Presence/DACA
Actually that’s not completely true; there are morsels of good news* But they’re small compared to all the scary immigration changes the government is making. Trump wants to make the U.S. far less immigrant-friendly. He and his minions continue to take...