This crackdown follows a directive from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which mandates social media evaluations of each present worldwide college students and new candidates for scholar visas. These present in violation face visa cancellations, making them ineligible to review within the US. Axios beforehand reported that this effort, powered by synthetic intelligence, has resulted within the revocation of over 300 scholar visas.
Affected college students have been knowledgeable that their Scholar and Change Customer Info System (SEVIS) information have been terminated, leaving them no grace interval to remain within the nation. The e-mail states, “On behalf of the US Division of State, the Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Workplace hereby informs you that extra info grew to become out there after your visa was issued. Consequently, your F-1 visa with expiration date XXXXX was revoked in accordance with Part 221(i) of the US Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended.”
The e-mail additionally mentions that the US Division of Homeland Safety’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been notified, and failure to self-deport utilizing the CBP One app might result in pressured removing and future visa ineligibility. College students are required to current their passports on the US consulate the place their visas had been issued for bodily cancellation earlier than reapplying sooner or later.
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Authorized consultants recommend that the directive stems from a March 25 inner order requiring social media screenings. Jath Shao, an immigration lawyer, informed TOI, “F-1 and J-1 college students are normally admitted ‘D/S,’ that means at some stage in their standing. There’s a slight distinction between overstay and illegal presence. Traditionally, somebody admitted D/S has not accrued illegal presence for the aim of three- or 10-year bars (for re-entry) until US Citizenship and Immigration Providers makes a proper discovering that they’re unlawfully current.”
In accordance with the up to date US Citizenship and Immigration Providers (USCIS) coverage, non-immigrants admitted at some stage in their standing start accruing illegal presence the day after their standing ends if they continue to be within the US. Attorneys advise affected college students to hunt authorized counsel to reinstate their SEVIS information or defend themselves in case of removing proceedings.
