US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ordered a complete review of the J-1 Summer Work Travel visa program that has been used by US businesses to hire international students for short-term, seasonal positions. Foreign students this year have issued numerous complaints about work conditions to the department. A US State Department spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, [...]

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced they are in the post-development testing phase of a new online application system that will eventually change the paper-based agency into an electronic, online organization. The new Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) will reduce the US immigration department’s reliance on paper and make it easier to [...]

As an international student, I always had this fear of getting sick. Why? I don’t have health insurance and I am currently in the United States. Health care in the United States is superior compared to most countries but it can be very expensive because there is no universal health care. Even a simple visit [...]