On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” The order announces a set of guiding policies and principles to advance and govern artificial intelligence (AI), such as promoting innovation and competition or protecting users’ privacy or leading the globe in technological progress. 

The order’s aspirational language is paired with directives to specific agencies to review and revise their policies to align with the objectives of the Executive Order. Notably, the EO directs immigration agencies to modernize and streamline visa criteria, interviews, and reviews in order to expand the ability of immigrants and nonimmigrants with AI expertise to study, stay, and work in the United States. Immigration agencies are instructed to implement, or at least consider implementing, certain changes affecting the O-1A, EB-1, EB-2, J-1, and F-1 programs, as well as to consider AI workers in developing the H-1B program, adjustment of status process, and domestic visa renewal program.