http://timelines.issarice.com/index.php?title=Timeline_of_student_visa_policy_in_the_United_States&feed=atom&action=historyTimeline of student visa policy in the United States - Revision history2024-03-19T13:53:37ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.29.2http://timelines.issarice.com/index.php?title=Timeline_of_student_visa_policy_in_the_United_States&diff=53585&oldid=prevVipul at 20:13, 29 April 20212021-04-29T20:13:40Z<p></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">| 1961 || September 21 || Legislation || || || The {{w|Fulbright–Hays Act of 1961}}, also known as the Mutual Exchange and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (MECEA), is signed into law by President {{w|John F. Kennedy}} after passing both chambers of the {{w|87th United States Congress}}. The Act encourages mutual education and cultural exchange between the United States and other countries, and in particular, leads to the creation of the {{w|J-1 visa}} category. The J-1 visa category would be used for some students and scholars instead of student visas.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/iegps/fulbrighthaysact.pdf|title = Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Program|accessdate = April 7, 2017}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| 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></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| 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></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">| 2000 || November || Guidance || || The U.S. Department of State transmits the first version of the Technology Alert List (TAL) as a guideline for consular officers when reviewing visa applications. The purpose of this guideline is to prevent the export of "goods, technology, or sensitive information" through activities such as "graduate-level studies, teaching, conducting research, participating in exchange programs, receiving training or employment..."; the guidance would be considered responsible for the greater rejection rate of visa applications in subjects with potential application to military and other state uses.<ref name=bu-tal>{{cite web|url = https://www.bu.edu/isso/files/pdf/tal.pdf|title = Technology Alert List|date = August 1, 2002|accessdate = April 29, 2021|publisher = U.S. Department of State}}</ref><ref name=cmu-tal>{{cite web|url = https://www.cmu.edu/oie/foreign-scholars/travel/tech-alert-list.html|title = Technology Alert List|accessdate = April 29, 2021|publisher = Carnegie Mellon University}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| 2002 || September 11 || || || The Interim Student and Exchange Authentication System (ISEAS), an interim program by the {{w|United States Department of State}}, comes into force. This is a temporary system put in place until SEVIS goes live.<ref name=sevis-glossary>{{cite web|url = https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EDU0212.pdf|title = A Glossary of SEVIS-Related Terminology|last = Croom|first = Patty|last2 = Ellis|first2 = Jim|accessdate = January 29, 2017}}</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| 2002 || September 11 || || || The Interim Student and Exchange Authentication System (ISEAS), an interim program by the {{w|United States Department of State}}, comes into force. This is a temporary system put in place until SEVIS goes live.<ref name=sevis-glossary>{{cite web|url = https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EDU0212.pdf|title = A Glossary of SEVIS-Related Terminology|last = Croom|first = Patty|last2 = Ellis|first2 = Jim|accessdate = January 29, 2017}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">| 2002 || November 2 || Legislation || || The Border Commuter Student Act (Public Law 107-274) is signed into law, creating the F-3 and M-3 nonimmigrant visa category for border commuters who are citizens or residents of Canada or Mexico and commute to the United States for full-time or part-time study at a DHS-approved school. Family members of these students are not entitled to derivative F-2 or M-2 status. Formerly, these students would have been admitted as visitors; the move to creating a separate status is to better track them in light of heightened security concerns in a post-9/11 world.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM040205.html|title = 9 FAM 402.5 (U) STUDENTS AND EXCHANGE VISITORS – F, M, AND J VISAS|accessdate = April 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.aila.org/infonet/dos-describes-border-commuter-student-act|title = DOS Describes Border Commuter Student Act|date = December 3, 2002|accessdate = April 29, 2021|publisher = American Immigration Lawyers Association</ins>}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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