News & Announcements

An interim final rule, Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration, was published by US Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, on March 12, 2025 and will become effective April 11, 2025.  This rule provides details regarding who and how certain individuals must “register” or “re-register” with the U.S. Government to comply with the statutory alien registration and fingerprinting provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

We are writing to remind you of some important government requirements as you maintain your valid immigration status. These are routine requirements, but worth a reminder as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is increasing its enforcement efforts.

Dear international students and scholars,

As you know, we continually monitor U.S. government policy for any changes that could affect members of our MIT community. Although this note is not a response to any specific change in immigration rules, it reflects our general concern about potential changes to rules and evolving enforcement priorities that may already be underway.

If members of the U.S. Congress do not pass legislation to keep the U.S. government funded beyond Friday, March 14, 2025 at 11:59pm Eastern U.S. time, certain government agencies will be affected. In the past, units within some agencies that were fee-funded or considered “essential” continued operations. Others closed when the government shut down.

If the government does shut down, depending on the length of the shutdown and volume of applications submitted, government agencies may have a backlog of work to process when they reopen.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently finalized the remaining provisions of the H-1B Modernization Act first introduced in October 2023.  Certain provisions related to the H-1B cap were implemented in March 2024, and on December 18, 2024 the remaining provisions were published in the Federal Register to go into effect on January 17, 2025.

On Monday, December 9, 2024, the US Department of State published Public Notice 12555 in the Federal Register, updating the Exchange Visitor Skills List. The new Skills List becomes effective on December 9, 2024 and is retroactive.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated arrival restrictions applicable to flights to the United States carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or were otherwise present within, Rwanda.