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This provides a brief outline of the major classes of visas utilized by universities and the processes USCIS uses to grant the visas.
Immigration | Fact SheetsH-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.
Immigration | Fact SheetsThe 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.
Immigration | Fact SheetsJ-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…
Immigration | Fact SheetsExplains how universities use H-1B visas and the need for timely visa processing for academic institutions.
Immigration | Fact SheetsThe genesis of some of our nation’s greatest scientific discoveries, technological innovations, healthcare interventions and military strategies have grown from the social and behavioral sciences funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the…
Innovation and Competitiveness | Fact SheetsThe Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act aims to provide greater transparency to federal grant programs as a means of increasing accountability. The bill requires the creation of new government-wide public website on which information on all federal grants would be posted. Under current…
Research Administration & Regulation | Higher Education Regulation | Fact SheetsBackgrounder on the Higher Education Opportunity Act enacted on August 14, 2008, and reauthorizes the HEA of 1965.
Higher Education Regulation | Fact Sheets