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Currently, student visas are good for “duration of status,” meaning students can stay in the U.S. indefinitely if they remain enrolled in school and otherwise a
by amf12 6y ago
Currently, student visas are good for “duration of status,” meaning students can stay in the U.S. indefinitely if they remain enrolled in school and otherwise abide by the rules relevant to their immigration status.
This is an asinine proposal. Visa != status. An (non-)immigrant can stay in the US as long as their status is valid, even with an expired visa. They only need a valid visa to come back on departing the US.
Rather than affecting frauds and overstays this will disproportionately affect the honest students who travel to their home country during vacations because they will now have to keep applying for a new visa more frequently.
- the_svd_doctor 6y agoMost likely the article uses the word Visa to mean Legal status. So it’s about the time you’re allowed to be in the US, not the authorization to enter.
- amf12 6y agoThen it is even more ridiculous. USCIS is backlogged and takes 6 months for routine applications. More so, students cannot stay enrolled "indefinitely"; the I-20 generated by USCIS has an expiry - generally the duration of the program or maybe a year longer - but never indefinite. Even if there is a need for such a proposal why not set it to the general duration of the program + 1 year, which is 5 years for Bachelors, 3 years for Masters and so on?