Non-immigrant students within the United States are not permitted to take a full course of study through online classes. If students find themselves in this situation, they must leave the country or take alternative steps to maintain their non-immigrant status such as a reduced course load or appropriate medical leave.
So, due to things outside of the student's control, they can't stay in the country. I could get it a bit if we were in a scenario a student chose all online courses, and there was some sort of...
So, due to things outside of the student's control, they can't stay in the country.
I could get it a bit if we were in a scenario a student chose all online courses, and there was some sort of visa manipulation scheme, but neither of those are why this is happening.
This is technically what's happening. These are restrictions on student visas during normal times. During the last Spring semester, there was a temporary suspension of those restrictions. This...
I could get it a bit if we were in a scenario a student chose all online courses, and there was some sort of visa manipulation scheme, but neither of those are why this is happening.
This is technically what's happening. These are restrictions on student visas during normal times. During the last Spring semester, there was a temporary suspension of those restrictions. This note is just undoing that exception.
Of course, it's fucking stupid, ridiculous, and cruel to do so during a pandemic where international travel has been so heavily disrupted, many universities are offering mostly or only online schooling, and going to class puts yourself at serious personal health.
But it's not that they're changing the rules, it's that they're falling back to ones that don't make sense in the current situation.
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So, due to things outside of the student's control, they can't stay in the country.
I could get it a bit if we were in a scenario a student chose all online courses, and there was some sort of visa manipulation scheme, but neither of those are why this is happening.
This is technically what's happening. These are restrictions on student visas during normal times. During the last Spring semester, there was a temporary suspension of those restrictions. This note is just undoing that exception.
Of course, it's fucking stupid, ridiculous, and cruel to do so during a pandemic where international travel has been so heavily disrupted, many universities are offering mostly or only online schooling, and going to class puts yourself at serious personal health.
But it's not that they're changing the rules, it's that they're falling back to ones that don't make sense in the current situation.