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Can they even do this? I mean legally, I understand that practically they'll get away with much more than what's allowed by law. I don't get why an enforcement

by s1t5 6y ago

Can they even do this? I mean legally, I understand that practically they'll get away with much more than what's allowed by law. I don't get why an enforcement agency should have any say with regards to what's legal and what isn't.

vinay427 6y ago
The law, as I understand it, already seems to state that online-only programs do not qualify as a sufficient basis for a student visa. The authorities had previously stated they would ignore this due to the pandemic forcing many students towards online-only programs. Naturally, the legislation didn't foresee something like this pandemic.
mobilefriendly 6y ago
Congress, when passing a law, can't anticipate and prescribe what to do in every possible case or scenario. That implementation detail is the role of the executive branch, with oversight by the courts. That's already played out with the successful litigation on the original blanket ban by MIT and Harvard. Of course Congress can always step in and explicitly amend the law, or refuse to fund the executive's implementation.
Fiveplus 6y ago
Out-of-state students on F1 visa (be graduate or undergraduate) generally have to abide by certain academic requirements to maintain legal stay. Historically, for the graduate student subset, a course load of 6 credit hours has always been the minimum requirement for face2face lectures in any particular semester. Under very specific circumstances (read: literally one course to graduation or similar) will the DSOs of their school mention the case on their SEVIS records and allow them to continue. Arguments can be made against the morality of not allowing students with improper internet access to come in. But don't let armchair experts lead you to believe it wasn't always this way. Because it was.
- csunbird 6y ago
  Well, that could lead to people claiming that they do not have proper internet access, even they had, just to be back at US. Still, I feel like this is not a good thing to do, people are there to study and losing bright minds like these should harm US a lot.
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by s1t5 6y ago

vinay427 6y ago

The law, as I understand it, already seems to state that online-only programs do not qualify as a sufficient basis for a student visa. The authorities had previously stated they would ignore this due to the pandemic forcing many students towards online-only programs. Naturally, the legislation didn't foresee something like this pandemic.

mobilefriendly 6y ago

Congress, when passing a law, can't anticipate and prescribe what to do in every possible case or scenario. That implementation detail is the role of the executive branch, with oversight by the courts. That's already played out with the successful litigation on the original blanket ban by MIT and Harvard. Of course Congress can always step in and explicitly amend the law, or refuse to fund the executive's implementation.

Fiveplus 6y ago

Out-of-state students on F1 visa (be graduate or undergraduate) generally have to abide by certain academic requirements to maintain legal stay. Historically, for the graduate student subset, a course load of 6 credit hours has always been the minimum requirement for face2face lectures in any particular semester. Under very specific circumstances (read: literally one course to graduation or similar) will the DSOs of their school mention the case on their SEVIS records and allow them to continue. Arguments can be made against the morality of not allowing students with improper internet access to come in. But don't let armchair experts lead you to believe it wasn't always this way. Because it was.

csunbird 6y ago
Well, that could lead to people claiming that they do not have proper internet access, even they had, just to be back at US. Still, I feel like this is not a good thing to do, people are there to study and losing bright minds like these should harm US a lot.

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