US announces plan to “attract international STEM talent”
A new raft of policies has been announced by the US Departments of State and Homeland Security to attract international STEM scholars, students, researchers and experts.
A new raft of policies has been announced by the US Departments of State and Homeland Security to attract international STEM scholars, students, researchers and experts.
Almost 70,000 F-1 and J-1 visa holders enrolled at some 2,500 US high schools in fall 2019, a 6% drop from 2018, a report has revealed.
The International Coalition for Global Education and Exchange will seek to advocate the "critical value of global engagement and public diplomacy".
Former US ambassadors have written to president Trump urging him to reverse a proclamation suspending certain visas for J-1 Exchange Visitor Program.
The US has announced that travellers from the Schengen area, the UK and Ireland may be allowed into the country, but suspensions for J-1 holders remain.
A Trump executive order to suspend foreign worker visas to "protect American workers" will hamper economic growth, stakeholders have warned, and has sparked a #SaveJ1s Twitter campaign.
An education agency in Turkey has fired three of its employees after they were caught stealing between $50,000-60,000 from their Work and Travel students' tax returns, while others warn the number of students illegally claiming tax refunds is rising.
NAFSA and others warn of the potentially detrimental impact of a proposed policy change to J-1 and F-1 student visas which could limit admittance.