Latest Student and Exchange Visitor Program News & Updates

Washington, July 16 (IANS) The Trump administration on Thursday announced a final rule ending a decades-old policy that allowed many foreign students and exchange visitors to remain in the United States without a fixed end date, replacing it with time-limited admissions and mandatory federal reviews for visa extensions.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the final regulation eliminates the “duration of status” framework for non-immigrant visa holders in the F, J and I categories. Unde…