US Limits Length Of Visas For Students, Journalists
The Trump administration has finalized new rules restricting the duration of stay for foreign students and journalists in the United States. The policy limits student visas to the length of their academic programs and caps journalist stays at 240 days.
Why it matters
These changes represent a significant shift in immigration policy that could impact international education and foreign media presence in the US.
President Donald Trump’s administration finalised rules Thursday that impose stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in the United States, the latest bid to tighten legal immigration in the country.
Under a change that could be implemented as soon as September, foreigners on student visas would be admitted for the length of their academic programme up to a maximum of four years.
Foreign journalists would be limited to stays of just 240 days, or around eight months, although they could apply to extend by 240-day periods, except for Chinese journalists who would get just 90 days.
The move forms part of a broader immigration crackdown that Trump has made a centrepiece of his presidency, spanning aggressive enforcement operations in major cities as well as new restrictions on legal pathways to citizenship.
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