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The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a new rule to enhance opportunities for F-1 nonimmigrant students graduating with a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree from an accredited school certified by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), and to further their courses of study through optional practical training (OPT) with employers enrolled in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS’) E-Verify employment verification program.  The proposed rule would replace a 2008 interim final rule (IFR) that was invalidated and will be vacated on May 10, 2016, per a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security litigation.

Overall Description of Deadline: The final rule will replace a 2008 interim final rule (IFR) that will be vacated on May 10, 2016, per a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security litigation.