United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2025_register executive 2025-08-28 article Part II Proposed Rules D09002ee1d6cef86d D09002ee1d6cef96e United States Department of Homeland Security originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency 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. 90 FR 42070 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-08-28/2025-16554 2025-16554 fr28au25-20 RIN 1653-AA95 9111-CB-P DHS Docket No. ICEB-2025-0001 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-08-28/2025-16554 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-28/html/2025-16554.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-28/pdf/2025-16554.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Aliens Cultural Exchange Program Employment Foreign Officials Health Professions Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Students Penalties 46 p. 42070 42115 90 FR 42070 Title 8 Part 214 8 CFR Part 214 Title 8 Part 248 8 CFR Part 248 Title 8 Part 274 8 CFR Part 274 RIN 1653-AA95 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; Federal Register Vol. 90, Issue PRORULE 2025-16554 II DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 2025-09-29 DHS Docket No. ICEB-2025-0001 9111-CB-P 2025-16554 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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.

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