US Plans Exchange Visa Skills List Update Tied to AI Order

The State Department is poised to issue an overhaul of the skills requiring researchers and students on certain visas to return to their home countries after training in the US.

The update to the Exchange Visitor Skills List, the first undertaken by the agency in 15 years, was part of a larger set of regulatory measures triggered by a White House executive order on development of artificial intelligence technology.

A public notice was sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Tuesday for White House clearance, signaling that release of the revised skills list may be coming soon. ...