Mumbai: The Biden government has officially attracted the rules proposed by Trump Esptama administration, which tried to limit the duration of visas for international students for up to four years and in some cases up to two years.
In other words, the concept of ‘duration of status’ must be replaced with a ‘duration of stay’.
International students will continue to be allowed to live in the US as long as they are involved in the study – there will be no fixed expiration date.
In other words, the process recognized to the US for the ‘Duration of Status’ will remain.
TOI, which has analyzed the spring agenda (which is also the first agenda of Biden administration) has shown the proposed rules will be withdrawn.
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International students will be permitted to live in the US as long as they are involved in the study – there will be no fixed expiration.
Formal notifications withdrawn by the proposed rules, come from the trump-era, published on July 6, in federal registers.
This step will definitely entertain the international students nearly 2.02 lakh from India (according to the open door report – November 2020) which is currently in the US and also students who aspire to study in America.
In this formal notification, the Homeland Security Department (DHS) has stated that he received more than 32,000 comments during the 30-day public comments period.
More than 99 percent of commentators oppose the proposed rules.
Less than 1 percent disclosed support for government proposed with the commentator generally supports the proposed rules because they believe it will hinder illegal immigration, protect US workers, and stop espionage.
The important majority who want the proposed rules removed show that the visa extension, which will be needed if the rules are enforced, will significantly burden international students.
It will also harm the interests of the US employer, if the extension is not available in time.
As is known, posting their studies of international students can carry out optional practical training (OPT).
Working experience for students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is three years; For others it’s one year.
The OPT program will require finding the F-Visa extension.