{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-072","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Homeland Security, ICE, SEVP (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"SEVP (ICE)","authority":"8 C.F.R. 214.3; announced intent to publish a temporary final rule","instrument":"SEVP modifies temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during fall 2020 semester (July 6, 2020)","title":"SEVP modifies temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during fall 2020 semester","dateIssued":"2020-07-06","effective":"2020-07-06 (announced for fall 2020)","end":"2020-07-14 (rescinded on the record in President and Fellows of Harvard College v. DHS, No. 1:20-cv-11283 (D. Mass.); March guidance restored July 24, 2020, Ex. 071)","startDate":"2020-07-06","endDate":"2020-07-14","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["SCH","TRAV"],"addressees":["SEVP-certified schools","F-1 and M-1 students"],"clause":"The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced modifications Monday to temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online classes due to the pandemic for the fall 2020 semester.... 1. Nonimmigrant F-1 and M-1 students attending schools operating entirely online may not take a full online course load and remain in the United States. The U.S. Department of State will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and/or programs that are fully online for the fall semester nor will U.S. Customs and Border Protection permit these students to enter the United States.... 2. Nonimmigrant F-1 students attending schools operating under normal in-person classes are bound by existing federal regulations. Eligible F students may take a maximum of one class or three credit hours online.","enforcement":"Visa refusal, entry refusal and SEVIS status termination (as announced)","functions":["IN: compelled every college and university to decide between in-person or hybrid instruction and losing its international students for fall 2020","AD","CP","HR"],"notes":"In force eight days; catalogued because it drove institutional decisions on fall 2020 instruction and is part of the SEVP chronology.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/sevp-modifies-temporary-exemptions-nonimmigrant-students-taking-online-courses-during","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":387879,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-072","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-072","citation":"SEVP (ICE), SEVP modifies temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during fall 2020 semester (July 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-072)","stateName":"","related":[]}