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Top universities have sued the federal government and vowed to protect international students from deportation.

ICE recently announced a policy that would require international students to leave the country if they do not take any in-person classes this fall term. This would apply even if the university is fully online this fall or if the university transitions to an online model in the middle of the semester. On July 7, top universities including Harvard, Columbia, and Stanford have denounced the policy, while also assuring international students that they will work to create a plan that will allow them to continue their studies in America “without fear.” On July 8, Harvard and MIT filed suit in federal court, seeking to block the policy and calling ICE’s decision “arbitrary and capricious.”

International students will be forced to leave the country if university classes go online.

According to guidelines published by ICE on July 6, international students whose universities go fully online this fall will either have to transfer universities to one holding in-person instruction or leave the U.S. For schools that will have a mix of in-person and online classes, international students will be barred from taking only online classes. International students will not be exempt from these guidelines even if the universities transition to online classes during the fall term. The American Council of Education called the guidelines “horrifying” and said this was clearly an incentive for schools to reopen despite possible health consequences.

DHS Announces New Initiative to Streamline International Student Visa Process

DHS press release announcing “Study in the States,” a new initiative to streamline the international student visa process by examining regulatory changes, and expanding public engagement and providing a central online information hub for students and academia.

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Can I still change my status?

An F1 student 

The student visa and what to do 

Student visa packet 

Can I apply for Student Visa?

This is the Student Visa. It allows you to come to the U.S. to study at a wide variety of educational institutions ranging from large Universities to community colleges to specialized institutions such as cooking schools. This visa can also be used for you to come to the U.S. to study English.

F-1 nonimmigrant student (F-1 student) means an alien who has an F-1 visa.  The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services grants such a visa to an alien who has a residence in a foreign country which he/she has no intention of abandoning, who is a bona fide student qualified to pursue a full course of study and who entered the United States temporarily and solely for the purpose of pursuing such a course of study at an established institution of learning or other recognized place of study in the United States, particularly designated by him/her and approved by the Attorney General after consultation with the Department of Education of the United States.

The Student Visa will last for as long as you are in school which depends upon the length of the course of study. Your spouse and unmarried children can come to the U.S. once your visa is approved. You can later change your status to allow you to work.

If you are out of status because of some type of violation of your F-1 Student Visa, you should try to apply for reinstatement of student status. Assuming you did not work out of status, there would be a reasonable chance of success, especially if the reason for you going out of status was not your fault.

Change status to Student Visa

F-1 student visa meaning

Student Visa Process

Can I apply for Student Visa?