According to the new ICE guidelines, international students have to switch to a university that offers personal classes or risk a possible deportation.
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Monday that international students whose universities will only be online in the fall are required to change schools or leave the United States. This presents a dilemma for some students as many universities plan to continue online learning in the middle of the United States Coronavirus pandemic.
ICE, which oversees the US student exchange and visitor program and issues foreign students with academic and professional visas, said in its new guidelines that “the US State Department will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and / or programs for which it’s completely online the fall semester. ”
According to the ICE, international students who are already in the USA and would like to take online courses in the fall must move to a university that offers one-to-one tuition or risk a possible deportation. According to the ICE, if students leave the USA, they can continue to learn online from their home country.
The agency’s existing regulations prohibit full course loading from online courses, but ICE has allowed international students to remotely end their spring semester due to the pandemic. According to the updated guidelines, students who plan to attend schools that use the “hybrid model”, some online, some personally taught, can stay in the US for the fall semester if their university submits to the agency beforehand.
ICE’s new guidelines come at a time when many schools are considering reopening after switching to distance learning in the spring. Harvard University announced on Monday that 40% of students will be admitted to campus, but online classes will continue. California State University, the country’s largest four-year public university system, announced in May that classes at 23 locations will primarily be virtual for the fall semester.
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