The Department of Homeland Security is proposing to make amendments to
the Student and Exchange Visitor visa program to improve the way it
manages international students as well as increase opportunities for
studies by spouses and children of nonimmigrant students. This proposed
rule would give school officials more flexibility to determine the
number of designated school officials to nominate for the oversight of
campuses.
The proposed rule would also provide greater incentives to international
students to study in the U.S. by allowing the spouses and/or children
of F-1 or M-1 nonimmigrants to enroll in an SEVP-certified school as
long as that amount of study is less than a full course of study.
Please note that F-2 and M-2 spouses and children are not allowed to
engage in a full course of study unless they apply for and receive
approval to change their status to one that would allow for a full
course of study.
