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Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
The Homeland Security Department published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on August 28, 2025. Comments closed on September 29, 2025.
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What the agency says
Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media) classifications, with limited exceptions, are currently admitted into the United States for the period of time that they are complying with the terms and conditions of their nonimmigrant classification ("duration of status"). The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations by changing the admission period in the F, J, and I classifications from duration of status to an admission for a fixed time period.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-16554
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department
- Published
- August 28, 2025
- Comments due
- September 29, 2025
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before September 29, 2025. Information collection comment period: Comments on the information collection described in the Paperwork Reduction Act section below must be received by October 27, 2025.
- Docket
- DHS Docket No. ICEB-2025-0001
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1653-AA95
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 8 CFR 214; 8 CFR 248; 8 CFR 274
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Aliens; Cultural exchange programs; Employment; Foreign officials; Health professions; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Students
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 46
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