August 2025
Effective September 2, 2025, the US Department of State will significantly reduce the types of visa applicants eligible for a waiver of interview at US Consulates. Most nonimmigrant visa applicants […]
June 2025
Dear International Students and Scholars, The U.S. Department of State has announced that they will resume scheduling entry visa interviews for student and scholar visa statuses (F, J, M) at U.S. Embassies/Consulates […]
The following ISO Broadcast Alert email was sent to all New Admitted MIT International Students on Monday, June 9, 2025. Please see full text of email below. ISO Broadcast Alert […]
Dear international students and scholars, On June 4, 2025, the White House released a Presidential Proclamation titled Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign […]
April 2025
Starting on May 7, 2025, an individual 18 years of age or older will need to show a state-issued identification document or driver’s license under REAL ID requirements, or another […]
An interim final rule, Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration, was published by US Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, on March 12, 2025 and will […]
March 2025
ATTENTION: This Guidance Remains In Effect Until Further Notice.The ISO Will Issue Updates As New Information Becomes Available. The following information was included in the ISO’s March 28, 2025, Newsletter. […]
ATTENTION: This Travel Guidance Remains In Effect Until Further Notice.The ISO Will Issue Updates As New Information Becomes Available. Dear international students and scholars, As you know, we continually monitor […]
The MIT Office of General Counsel has published updated resources titled Special Topics in Immigration and International Travel on its webpage. The resources can be accessed here (Kerberos and Touchstone […]
UPDATE: 03/15/2025: Last night the U.S. Senate passed the budget continuing resolution, and today President Trump signed the resolution, preventing a government shutdown. The new continuing resolution extends the operations […]
