By: ISSS US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that, effective immediately, they will resume Premium Processing of H-1B petitions for cap-exempt organizations, such as institutions of higher education like Penn. Departments are again able to take advantage of Premium Processing when submitting H-1b petitions to USCIS. H-1B petitions submitted to ISSS with…
By: ISSS Effective, December 28, 2017, the US Embassy and Ankara and the Consulate General in Istanbul have normal NIV interviews and are opening additional appointments. This applies to ALL non-immigrant visa categories. For more information, please see: https://tr.usembassy.gov/visas/nonimmigrant-visas/
By: ISSS The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has launched the SEVP Portal for F-1 students participating in post-completion optional practical training (OPT). To ensure the data integrity between iPenn and SEVIS, students should continue to do all of their reporting in iPenn to avoid issues with out-of-sync data between two systems. The SEVP portal is…