The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 8 C.F.R. 214.2(f) and (m) (F-1 and M-1 student status; online-course limits) as administered by SEVP under 8 U.S.C. 1372
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13
- End
- Superseded for fall 2020 by Broadcast Message 2007-01 (July 6, 2020), itself rescinded July 14, 2020; the March 2020 flexibilities continued for continuing students through the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years and terminated May 11, 2023 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineOther
- Addressees
- SEVP-certified schools (colleges, universities, boarding and language schools)
- F and M students
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Education and Child Care SEC-15
Operative words
SEVP-certified schools may need to adapt their procedures and policies to address the significant public health concerns associated with the COVID-19 crisis.... SEVP-certified schools should advise students traveling from countries impacted by COVID-19...
Enforcement
SEVP certification and student status (8 C.F.R. 214.3, 214.2(f)); schools must report procedural changes within 10 business days
Notes
The federal instrument that let every U.S. college and boarding school move F-1 students online in March 2020 while remaining SEVP-compliant; it conditioned that permission on reporting and on the school's own COVID-19 procedural change; the entry proclamations and consular suspensions (FED-B) then closed the pipeline of new international students for fall 2020.
Retrieval noteICE's current copy carries a header noting the guidance terminated May 11, 2023.