Sessions
Concurrent Session
Academic Hot Topics
Meeting Room 4
Monday 11/04/2019 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
Intended Audience: All Levels
Workplace Application:
Attendees will learn strategies for avoiding RFEs, planning for security delays and longer processing times, and moving forward if there is a denial.
Policies, processing times and proposed regulations. In the world of academic immigration, there are daily changes and rumors of changes. This panel will review the latest developments in student and scholar visa categories, discuss advising in an era of uncertainty, and evaluate future changes to determine which are most likely to happen and when. In particular, the panel will focus on strategies to avoid RFEs, planning for security delays and longer processing times, and what to do if there is a denial.
Presenter:
Lesley N. Salafia, senior associate university counsel, Office of the General Counsel, University of Connecticut