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The Department of Homeland Security published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register today that would change the “duration of status” admission policy for F, J and most I nonimmigrant visa holders to a fixed time period.
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Additional Information: As part of its rationale for the proposed rule, DHS said, “Replacing admissions for [duration of status] with admissions for a fixed time period of authorized stay is consistent with most other nonimmigrant classifications, would provide additional protections and oversight of these nonimmigrant classifications and would allow DHS to better evaluate whether these nonimmigrants are maintaining status while temporarily in the United States.”
Publication of the NPRM is the first step in the formal rulemaking process. Changes will not take effect until DHS issues a final regulation with a specified effective date. The agency is required to consider comments from the public in formulating the final rule.
This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice Group.
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