The Department of Homeland Security is renewing a previous Trump administration bid to restrict the duration of student and exchange visitor visa programs.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the DHS subagency that administers temporary visa programs, sent a proposed rule to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review, the step before its released.
F-1 student and J-1 exchange visitor visa holders are allowed to stay in the US for the duration of their academic programs. A proposed rule to restrict “duration of status” for visa holders was released by the first Trump administration in 2020 but never took effect. That rule would have limited F-1 student and J-1 exchange visitors to fixed periods of two or four years before recipients must apply to renew the visa.
The rule being reviewed by the White House shares the same title as the 2020 rule.
The proposal was opposed by higher education groups, who said it would cause needless disruption to academic programs. It was later withdrawn by the Biden administration in 2021.
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