{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-071","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Homeland Security, ICE, SEVP (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"SEVP","authority":"8 C.F.R. 214.3","instrument":"SEVP Broadcast Message, Follow-up: ICE continues March Guidance for Fall School Term (July 24, 2020), superseding the July 6, 2020 modifications","title":"Broadcast Message: Follow-up: ICE continues March Guidance for Fall School Term","dateIssued":"2020-07-24","effective":"2020-07-24 (fall 2020 term)","end":"Academic year 2020-21; continued for 2021-22 (Ex. 073)","startDate":"2020-07-24","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","TRAV"],"addressees":["SEVP-certified schools","active and initial F and M students"],"clause":"Active F and M students, as well as schools certified by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) should abide by SEVP guidance originally issued in March 2020. The guidance enables schools and students to engage in distance learning in excess of regulatory limits due to the continuing public health concerns created by COVID-19.... As stated in the March 2020 guidance, Active F and M students will be permitted to temporarily count online classes towards a full course of study in excess of the regulatory limits stated in 8 C.F.R. 214.2(f)(6)(i)(G) and 8 C.F.R. 214.2(m)(9)(v)... In accordance with March 2020 guidance, F and M students in new or initial status after March 9, 2020, will not be able to enter the United States to enroll in a U.S. school as a nonimmigrant student for the fall term to pursue a full course of study that is 100 percent online.","enforcement":"SEVIS status and school certification rules; consular visa issuance denied to initial students in fully online programs","functions":["AD admissions: new international students barred from entering for fully online fall 2020 programs","IN","CP housing and dining","HR"],"notes":"File named for the July 6, 2020 broadcast; the PDF served at that URL is the July 24, 2020 follow-up that restored the March guidance after the July 6 modifications (Ex. 072) were rescinded on July 14, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/bcmFall2020guidance.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":156423,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-071","citation":"SEVP, SEVP Broadcast Message, Follow-up: ICE continues March Guidance for Fall School Term (July 24, 2020), superseding the July 6, 2020 modifications (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-071)","stateName":"","related":[]}