AAU urges Congress to provide at least $76 million for Title VI International Education programs in FY19.
AAU urges Congress to provide at least $670 million to the Institute for Education Sciences in FY19.
AAU urges Congress to support a maximum Pell Grant award of $6,230 in FY19.
AAU urges Congress to provide $6.6 billion for the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science in FY19.
AAU urges Congress to provide at least $2.436 billion for Department of Defense (DOD) 6.1 basic research in FY19.
AAU urges Congress to provide at least $420 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) in FY19.
J-1 are non-immigrant, temporary visas available for exchange visitors participating in a work-and-study-based program in the U.S. In higher education, J-1 visas are used by universities to sponsor visiting scholars from abroad. For many universities, J-1 is the primary visa used for postdocs and visiting faculty.
The Optional Practical Training (OPT) program is an extension of the F-1 student visa that provides 12 months of work authorization for foreign nationals who graduated from a U.S. university. Employment must be related to a student's major area of study.
H-1B visas are non-immigrant visas for temporary "professional specialty workers," an employment category closely associated with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, but not limited to them.
This provides a brief outline of the major classes of visas utilized by universities and the processes USCIS uses to grant the visas.