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DHS Sends Administrative Subpoenas to Harvard University

DHS announced that it would send administrative subpoenas to Harvard University regarding its Student Visitor and Exchange Program.

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DHS Announces the Rescission of Romania’s Designation into the Visa Waiver Program

The Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Department of State, rescinded Romania’s Visa Waiver Program (VWP) designation.

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The CIS Ombudsman’s Webinar Series: Joint Webinar with USCIS on its New Fee Rule

On February 27, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) hosted a joint webinar with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on USCIS’ final rule to update certain immigration and naturalization fees (fee rule).

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The CIS Ombudsman’s Webinar Series: 2023 Annual Report

On July 11, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) hosted a webinar highlighting its 2023 Annual Report to Congress.

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas II

October 25, 2022, CIS Ombudsman hosted a webinar about USCIS' efforts to use all available immigrant visas in FY23 and its efforts and successes in FY22.

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar: Interagency International Student Issues

Publication page for materials for Interagency Webinar on International Student Issues

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: USCIS' Backlog Reduction Efforts

On June 22, 2022, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) hosted a webinar to discuss USCIS' backlog reduction efforts.

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas

On May 26, 2022, CIS Ombudsman hosted a webinar about USCIS' efforts to use all available immigrant visa numbers and more related to this fiscal year.

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National Interest Exception from Presidential Proclamation 10294

On October 25, 2021, President Biden issued Presidential Proclamation 10294, entitled "Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic," which suspends and limits the entry into the United States of non-citizens by air travel who are nonimmigrants ("noncitizen nonimmigrants") and who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Presidential Proclamation 10294 contains specified exceptions, including a specific exception for noncitizen nonimmigrants "whose entry would be in the national interest," and entrusts the Secretary of Homeland Security (along with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Transportation) to make this determination.

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CIS Ombudsman's Recommendations 2005

CIS Ombudsman's 2005 Recommendations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.