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Timeline of student visa policy in the United States

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| 1924 || || || || The United States Congress requires consular officers to make a determination of admissibility prior to issuing a visa.<ref name=americanbar/>
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| 1978 || {{dts|November 16}} (final rule), January 1, 1979 (effective date) || Regulation (final rule) || Immigration and Naturalization Services, present equivalent: ICE SEVP || A new rule related to foreign students is included in the ''{{w|Federal Register}}''. p. 54618 onward. The new rule implements "duration of status" for students (effective January 1979), allowing students to get visas to study for more than one year, and also provide updated details related to temporary absence, extensions (using Form I-538), employment, and practical training. As of this time, the I-20 and I-94 are already in use.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.loc.gov/item/fr043226/|title = Federal Register: 43 Fed. Reg. 54617 (Nov. 22, 1978).|date = November 22, 1978|accessdate = July 20, 2020|pages = 54618-54621}}</ref><ref name=crs-2008>{{cite web|url = Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation|last = Haddal|first = Chad|date = January 31, 2008|accessdate = July 20, 2020}}</ref>
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| 1981 || {{dts|January 23}} (final rule), February 23 (effective date) || Regulation (final rule) || Immigration and Naturalization Services, present equivalent: ICE SEVP || A fina rule related to foreign students temporarily rolls back the introduction of "duration of status" in the 1978 rule. From now on, the student's I-94 end date is to be based on thee I-20 end date as of the time of issuance of the I-94.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.loc.gov/item/fr046015/|title = Federal Register: 46 Fed. Reg. 7257 (Jan. 23, 1981).|date = January 23, 1981|accessdate = July 20, 2020|pages = 7267-7268}}</ref><ref name=crs-2008/>
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| 1981 || || Legislation || Immigration and Naturalization Services, present equivalent: ICE SEVP || Public Law 97-116, the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981, is passed by the {{w|97th United States Congress}}.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/4327|title = H.R.4327 - Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981|publisher = United States Congress|accessdate = July 20, 2020|}}</ref> Among other things, these create a new {{w|M-1 visa}} for students of non-academic (vocational) courses.<ref name=fr-m-1>{{cite web|url = https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/fedreg/fr048/fr048066/fr048066.pdf|title = Federal Register: 48 Fed. Reg. 14561 (Apr. 5, 1983).|date = April 5, 1983|accessdate = July 20, 2020|pages = 14575-14594}}</ref>
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| 1983 || {{dts|February 25}} || Regulation (final rule) || Immigration and Naturalization Services, present equivalent: ICE SEVP || A lengthy rule from INS reinstates duration of status for F-1 students, but limits duration of status to the preiod of timee during which thee student is pursuing a full course of study in only one educational program. The rule also provides details on the M-1 status created by the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981.<ref name=fr-m-1/><ref name=crs-2008/>
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| 1987 || {{dts|March 23}} || Regulation (final rule) || Immigration and Naturalization Services, present equivalent: ICE SEVP || || A final rule from INS updates some guidelines around the boundary cases for students staying in status.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.loc.gov/item/fr052077/|title = Federal Register: 52 Fed. Reg. 13215 (Apr. 22, 1987).|pages=13222-13229|date = April 22, 1987|accessdate = July 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name=crs-2008/>
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| 1989 || {{dts|April 11}} || || || {{w|Executive Order 12711}} is issued by President {{w|George H. W. Bush}}. It defers deportation of Chinese nationals and their direct dependents who were in the US between 5 June 1989 and 11 April 1990, waives the 2-year home country residency requirement, and gives them employment authorization through 1 January 1994. In particular, this Act affects students, who constitute a large fraction of Chinese nationals temporarily present in the United States.
| 2001 || September and October || || || In the aftermath of the {{w|September 11 attacks}} (September 11, 2001) and the {{w|Patriot Act}} (October 26, 2001), there is increased momentum in favor of SEVIS. This is partly because one of the attackers, {{w|Hani Hanjour}}, had come to the United States on a student visa.<ref name=shareok/><ref name=ins-fsp-report/><ref name=factcheck-hanjour>{{cite web|url = http://www.factcheck.org/2013/05/911-hijackers-and-student-visas/|title = 9/11 Hijackers and Student Visas|last = Farley|first = Robert|date = May 10, 2013|accessdate = June 17, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2002 || April 12 || Regulation (final rule) || || An interim final rule is announced, requiring anybody on a B visa to transition to a F or M visa prior to starting a program of study. Moreover, people on B status could transition using {{w|Form I-539}} (i.e., change status while in the US) only if their visa had an annotation indicating that they might transition to student status.<ref name=b-visa-transition-to-f-or-m-ifr>{{cite web|url = https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2003/07/09/fr12ap02R.pdf|title = Requiring Change of Status From B to F–1 or M–1 Nonimmigrant Prior to Pursuing a Course of Study; Final Rule Limiting the Period of Admission for B Nonimmigrant Aliens; Proposed Rule|date = April 12, 2002|accessdate = January 29, 2017|publisher = [[U.S. Department of Justice]], [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]], in the ''[[Federal Register]]''}}</ref><ref name=shareok/>
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| 2002 || May 7 || || || A Presidential Directive calls for the creation of the Interagency Panel on Advanced Science and Security (IPASS). intent of IPASS was to help with the evaluation of suspicious visa applications in subjects that have implications for national security.<ref name=shareok/><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200208/visas.cfm|title = Proposed New Department Complicates Outlook for Visas|accessdate = February 10, 2016|publisher = [[American Physical Society]]}}</ref>
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