Meetings & Events

2024-2025 Meeting Schedule

2024 - 2025 meetings will be a mixture of in-person meetings and virtual meetings. Please see individual meeting details below. Updates and details will be added as soon as they are available.

MIE Happy Hour on Thursday, December 19, 2024!

MIE Happy Hour 

5:00pm at the American Swedish Institute (ASI), in the Folke Conference Room

(Museum entry is free on Thursdays)

2600 Park Ave, Mpls, 55407

RSVP:treasurer@mie-mn.com

2024/2025 Membership Meetings

September Meeting: 9/24/2024

  • IN PERSON!

  • Location: Saint Paul College

  • Time: 9am-12pm

  • Parking Details: Carpooling is highly encouraged; stay tuned for more information on the availability of parking vouchers for this meeting. 

    The meeting will be held in 1506-1510 on the first floor, which is easily accessed from the West Parking Ramp and Lot entrance. Here is a first floor map

    Parking information can be found here (scroll down to “Planning on visiting our campus?”): https://www.saintpaul.edu/campus/visit/.

    Note: Marshall Avenue parking is “resident parking only” even though there are not many signs indicating this. Street parking on Marshall Avenue risks a ticket or tow.

    MIE participants can enter through the gate off of Marshall Avenue and pull a ticket at the gated entrance; be sure to hang onto this ticket.

  • September 24, 2024 Meeting Agenda

Full Meeting Details for the 2024/2025 Academic Year Coming Soon!

November Meeting: 11/25/2024

  • Online Meeting

  • Zoom Link Coming Soon

  • Time: 9am-11am

Past Meetings

2023/2024 Meetings

July Meeting: 7/25

  • CBP Meeting

  • MIE Outdoor Lunch @ Como Park West Shelter

September Meeting: 9/27

November Meeting: 11/30

January Meeting: 01/17

March Meeting: 03/12

May Meeting: 5/13



2022/2023 Meetings

March Meeting

  • SSA Updates

  • IRS: Understanding ITINS

  • SEVP Updates

  • Global MN: Community Connections and Resources for International Students

  • Immigration Attorney Session

January Meeting

  • Updates from MN Dept of Public Safety/Driver/Vehicle Services

  • SEVP Updates

  • Women in Federal Law Enforcement Initiative

  • MN Translator and Interpreter Cooperative

  • Don’t Pack A Pest: Cultivating Generations of Responsible Travelers

November Meeting

  • International Tax Requirements and Support for F/J Visa Holders

  • US Dept of State Bureau of Consular Affairs

  • Post-OPT Visa Options (H1B Cap, H1B Cap exempt, Open Avenues)

September Meeting

Wednesday, September 21st from 9:00 - 11:30am:

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and MIE Announcements, Maria Matveenko, MIE Chair

9:10 – 9:35 Immigration Law Updates, Robert P. Webber, Immigration Attorney, Webber Law Firm 2.0

9:35 – 10:10 SEVP Updates, Julie Rabaey, MN SEVP Field Representative:

10:10 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 10:50 Public Benefits Eligibility for Refugees / Asylees, F-1 Visa Holders, and TPS Holders. Patricia Fenrick, Refugee Workforce, Development and Outreach Specialist, Resettlement Programs Office, MN Department of Human Services. Teri Guhl, Immigration Law Specialist, Resettlement Programs Office, MN Department of Human Services, Deborah Morrison, Victim Assistance Specialist, Homeland Security Investigations, St. Paul

10:50 – 11:30 Updates on “Public Charge” Rule, Laura Melnick, Lead Attorney, Economic Justice Unit, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services Marissa Hill-Dongre, ISSS, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

11:30 – 11:45 Questions? Please feel free to ask!








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MIE November Meeting

  • St. Cloud State University United States (map)

The November meeting will be on Tuesday, November 5th from 9am-12pm at St. Cloud State.

Topic: Immigration and Globalization in Rural America.

If you are interested in carpooling (either as a driver or rider to/from SCSU), please sign up here. See the parking map below!

View the agenda here.

2. SCSU Parking Ramp for 11-5-19 MIE Meeting.jpg
Earlier Event: October 17
MIE & Study MN Recruitment Fair
Later Event: January 15
MIE January Meeting