{"id":14432,"date":"2021-07-07T13:52:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/?p=14432"},"modified":"2021-07-09T11:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T17:13:27","slug":"proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Rule Affecting Student Visa Time Limits Withdrawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a win for international students, the Biden administration this week formally withdrew a <\/span>proposed rule by the Trump administration<\/span><\/a> that would have limited the amount of time international students could stay in the U.S. Cited as a need to increase oversight and combat fraud and visa overstays, the rule would have eliminated the \u201cduration of status\u201d policy, allowing international students to stay as long as they are enrolled in school, and instead require them to reapply for an extension after fixed terms of no more than four years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The controversial rule, which was not officially enacted before former President Trump left office, would have placed limits on the initial visa term for some students to just two years based on their country of origin. Students who came from countries with higher visa overstay rates, such as Africa and Asia, would have been limited to a two-year initial visa term as part of the proposal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the <\/span>Federal Register<\/a>,<\/span><\/i> the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it had received over 32,000 public comments, 99 percent of which were in opposition of the rule, arguing that it \u201cdiscriminates against certain groups of people based on their nationality.\u201d Other comments stated that the rule \u201cwould significantly burden the foreign students, exchange scholars, foreign media representatives, and U.S. employers by requiring extension of stays in order to continue with their programs of study or work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After their review of public comments, the DHS stated it \u201cbelieves some of the comments may be justified and is concerned that the changes proposed unnecessarily impede access to immigration benefits.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/span>Guide to American Universities \u2013 Find a U.S. College<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

If you are an international student looking for more information about prospective colleges, the admissions process, student visas, and other resources, check out Peterson\u2019s <\/span><\/i>International Student Resource Page<\/span><\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a win for international students, the Biden administration this week formally withdrew a proposed rule by the Trump administration that would have limited the amount of time international students could stay in the U.S. Cited as a need to increase oversight and combat fraud and visa overstays, the rule would have eliminated the \u201cduration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":14436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19],"tags":[1263,616,1080,1572,1287,902],"class_list":{"0":"post-14432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colleges","8":"category-international","9":"tag-exchange-programs","10":"tag-international-students","11":"tag-student-travel-visa","12":"tag-student-visa","13":"tag-student-visas","14":"tag-studying-abroad"},"better_featured_image":{"id":14436,"alt_text":"International Student","caption":" ","description":"International Student","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":2121,"height":1414,"file":"2021\/07\/iStock-1184041922.jpg","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-300x200.jpg","width":300,"height":200,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-300x200.jpg"},"large":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-1024x683.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-1024x683.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-150x150.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-1536x1024.jpg","width":1536,"height":1024,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-1536x1024.jpg"},"2048x2048":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-2048x1365.jpg","width":2048,"height":1365,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-2048x1365.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-270x180.jpg","width":270,"height":180,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-270x180.jpg"},"contentberg-main":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-770x515.jpg","width":770,"height":515,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-770x515.jpg"},"contentberg-main-full":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-1170x508.jpg","width":1170,"height":508,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-1170x508.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-stylish":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-900x515.jpg","width":900,"height":515,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-900x515.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-carousel":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-370x370.jpg","width":370,"height":370,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-370x370.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-grid-b":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-554x466.jpg","width":554,"height":466,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-554x466.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-grid-b-sm":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-306x466.jpg","width":306,"height":466,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-306x466.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-bold-sm":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-150x150.jpg"},"contentberg-grid":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-370x245.jpg","width":370,"height":245,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-370x245.jpg"},"contentberg-list":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-260x200.jpg","width":260,"height":200,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-260x200.jpg"},"contentberg-list-b":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-370x305.jpg","width":370,"height":305,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-370x305.jpg"},"contentberg-thumb":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-87x67.jpg","width":87,"height":67,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-87x67.jpg"},"contentberg-thumb-alt":{"file":"iStock-1184041922-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922-150x150.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"Getty Images","camera":"Canon EOS 6D","caption":"Portrait of a young woman with a backpack traveling alone and exploring the city.","created_timestamp":"1571500277","copyright":"","focal_length":"35","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"Asian girl on a solo journey","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":14432,"source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922.jpg"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProposed Rule to Affect Student Visa Time Limits Withdrawn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A rule that limited the amount of time international students could stay in the U.S. was withdrawn. Check out what this does to student visas at Peterson's!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Proposed Rule to Affect Student Visa Time Limits Withdrawn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A rule that limited the amount of time international students could stay in the U.S. was withdrawn. Check out what this does to student visas at Peterson's!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Peterson's\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/petersons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-07T19:52:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-09T17:13:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iStock-1184041922.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2121\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1414\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kathy Staples\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Petersons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Petersons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kathy Staples\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Proposed Rule to Affect Student Visa Time Limits Withdrawn","description":"A rule that limited the amount of time international students could stay in the U.S. was withdrawn. Check out what this does to student visas at Peterson's!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Proposed Rule to Affect Student Visa Time Limits Withdrawn","og_description":"A rule that limited the amount of time international students could stay in the U.S. was withdrawn. Check out what this does to student visas at Peterson's!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/","og_site_name":"Peterson's","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/petersons","article_published_time":"2021-07-07T19:52:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-09T17:13:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2121,"height":1414,"url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iStock-1184041922.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kathy Staples","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Petersons","twitter_site":"@Petersons","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kathy Staples","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/"},"author":{"name":"Kathy Staples","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ebeb8b19c39781232f53f3846468cfc6"},"headline":"Proposed Rule Affecting Student Visa Time Limits Withdrawn","datePublished":"2021-07-07T19:52:05+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-09T17:13:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/"},"wordCount":311,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922.jpg","keywords":["exchange programs","international students","student travel visa","student visa","student visas","studying abroad"],"articleSection":["Colleges","International"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/","url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/","name":"Proposed Rule to Affect Student Visa Time Limits Withdrawn","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-07T19:52:05+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-09T17:13:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ebeb8b19c39781232f53f3846468cfc6"},"description":"A rule that limited the amount of time international students could stay in the U.S. was withdrawn. Check out what this does to student visas at Peterson's!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21053852\/iStock-1184041922.jpg","width":2121,"height":1414,"caption":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/proposed-rule-affecting-student-visa-time-limits-withdrawn\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"International","item":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/category\/international\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Proposed Rule Affecting Student Visa Time Limits Withdrawn"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/","name":"Peterson's","description":"Peterson's helps students discover their best fit educational program","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ebeb8b19c39781232f53f3846468cfc6","name":"Kathy Staples","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c97df4e27b57e34b825a96e1960feaadc6999d5fbdcb07eb611b9e33dbce76f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c97df4e27b57e34b825a96e1960feaadc6999d5fbdcb07eb611b9e33dbce76f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c97df4e27b57e34b825a96e1960feaadc6999d5fbdcb07eb611b9e33dbce76f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kathy Staples"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/petersons.com\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/author\/kathy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14432"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14437,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14432\/revisions\/14437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}