12/01/2003: DHS to Partially Suspend NSEERS Special Registration Rule
· AILA has reported that as early as tomorrow, DHS is expected to publish a federal register changing the NSEERS Special Registration rules. According to the DHS Fact Sheets, the following changes will take place effective the publication of the federal register:
§ There will no longer be a 30-day or one-year re-registration requirement, effective with the publishing of the new rule in the Federal Register.
In place of the previous requirement, the new rule will allow DHS, as a matter of discretion, to notify individual nonimmigrant aliens subject to NSEERS registration to appear for one or more additional continuing registration interviews in those particular cases where it may be necessary to determine whether the alien is complying with the conditions of his or her nonimmigrant visa status and admission. The rule also provides that when an alien who is monitored under Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) notifies DHS of a change of address or change of educational institution through SEVIS, it also constitutes a notification for the purposes of NSEERS registration.
· AILA has reported that as early as tomorrow, DHS is expected to publish a federal register changing the NSEERS Special Registration rules. According to the DHS Fact Sheets, the following changes will take place effective the publication of the federal register:
§ There will no longer be a 30-day or one-year re-registration requirement, effective with the publishing of the new rule in the Federal Register.
In place of the previous requirement, the new rule will allow DHS, as a matter of discretion, to notify individual nonimmigrant aliens subject to NSEERS registration to appear for one or more additional continuing registration interviews in those particular cases where it may be necessary to determine whether the alien is complying with the conditions of his or her nonimmigrant visa status and admission. The rule also provides that when an alien who is monitored under Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) notifies DHS of a change of address or change of educational institution through SEVIS, it also constitutes a notification for the purposes of NSEERS registration.