{"id":20493,"date":"2018-05-26T15:44:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T15:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=20493"},"modified":"2018-05-29T16:09:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:09:04","slug":"uscis-policy-student-visa-overstay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/uscis-policy-student-visa-overstay\/","title":{"rendered":"New USCIS Draft Policy to Deport International Students Overstaying Visa after Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many dreams of becoming another Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft or another Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google Inc. may fall apart in India, if international students are deported on the very next day of the completion of their studies in the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services, has drafted a new policy to make foreign students deportable on the first day after graduation<\/strong>, minimizing their chances of overstaying the student visa in America. The deported students may not be able to reenter the US for a period of 3-10 years, as per the new draft policy unveiled on May 11 by L. Francis Cissna, the USCIS director.<\/p>\n

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The new USCIS policy for preventing student visa overstay is said to be compliant with the integrity of the US immigration system. In a recent press conference, the USCIS director said unambiguously, \u201cNonimmigrant students cannot stay illegally in the United States anymore post completion of their studies<\/strong>. They will have to either depart or apply for another lawful immigration status.\u201d<\/p>\n

America has been a prime destination for higher studies for decades. It is speculated that the USCIS\u2019 new draft policy for foreign students\u2019 visa overstay in America<\/span><\/a> may affect over 1.5 million international students every year.<\/strong> After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the USA. Notably, the tendency to do visa overstay is low among Indian students if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data is to be believed.<\/p>\n

If the best and brightest students will be retained post completion of their academic courses, is not made clear in the new USCIS policy<\/strong> for student visa overstay. If meritorious students are deported too and barred from seeking entry to the US for 3 to 10 years, the draft policy seems to contradict President Donald Trump who remarked in some of his public speeches that merit is a most important measure of the US visa and immigration reformation.<\/p>\n

Also Check: STAPLE Act to Retain Foreign-born PhD Holders in USA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently, an international student is charged with \u201cunlawful presence\u201d only when he or she is found overstaying the F, J, or M visa by the Department of Homeland Security. But as per the USCIS\u2019 new draft policy for student visa overstay, foreign students will begin to accrue \u201cunlawful presence\u201d on or after August 9, 2018 in the following cases<\/strong>:<\/p>\n