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14 Feb 2018

USCIS Now Accepting Payments Via Credit Card for Most Fee-Based Forms

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that, effective immediately, the agency now accepts credit card payments for 41 fee-based forms. Some of the more prominent forms include immigrant petition for alien worker (form I-140), application to register permanent residence or adjust status...

14:40 / Employment Based / Family Based / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident / Student / USCIS News / Visitor / Worker
02 Feb 2018

I am a graduate student in F-1 status. I have been working 20 hours per week as a teaching assistant since the start of the current term. In addition to working on campus, I would like to get authorization …

… for curricular practical training (CPT) for another 20 hours per week to work as an intern at a private company. Am I allowed to hold both on-campus and off-campus jobs? Answer Generally, a student in F-1 status is authorized to engage in on-campus employment not exceeding...

12:25 / FAQs / Student
12 Jan 2018

I have completed the first year of a two-year graduate program of study, which I attended in F-1 student status. Unfortunately, I received two failing grades at the end of my second term …

... and have now been placed on academic probation during the upcoming term. Should I be concerned about my immigration status? Answer Students in F-1 status must be making normal progress toward completing the course of study. However, academic probation alone does not result in an automatic...

14:02 / F-1 / FAQs / Student