Per the UC Office of the President Travel Advisory, due to escalating security risk within the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, all non-essential travel to this region should be avoided for the foreseeable future. Any travel determined to be essential needs to be thoroughly evaluated prior…
President Trump signed a new Executive Order (EO) called “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” The EO may limit your ability to enter the U.S. and will limit U.S. visa applications for…
Beginning July 1, 2025, ISSO will use a UCSF-issued credit card to pay USCIS fees for H-1B, TN, and E-3 visa types (J-1 visas are not affected). This aligns with the federal government’s planned shift to a “check-less” system this fall.
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published a revised J-Exchange Visitor Skills List (“Skills List” or “2024 Skills List”) effective December 9, 2024. The revised list removes 37 countries from the Skills list and does not add any additional countries to the list.
On December 28, 2023, USCIS announced that premium processing (PP) fees will increase from $2,500 to $2,805. The change primarily impacts UCSF's employment-based H-1B population.
Effective July 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of State’s Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) is ending its policy that permitted temporary modifications of EVPs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
