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When should a Virginia Tech employee contact this office?

• I intend to hire a foreign national employee ( H-1B, H-1B1, O-1A, or L-1 nonimmigrant work visa)
• I need to ship items internationally.
• I will be traveling outside of the United States.
• I want or plan to have foreign national(s) participate in the research.
• I want to collaborate with a researcher or institution from outside the United States.
• My project has contractual restrictions on publishing, proprietary information, or foreign national participation.
• I will be receiving nuclear, military or space related information, technical data, equipment or software.
• I will be researching subjects related to nuclear, chemical, biological, weaponry, missiles, unmanned vehicles, or encryption technologies.

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