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EPISODE · Sep 14, 2026 · 11 MIN

How has the Trump administration changed the U.S. student visa process?

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On Sept. 15, a new rule from the Department of Homeland Security will go into effect, creating a fixed period of time for all international student and other non-immigrant visas. The previous “duration of status” system left the timeline for student visas open-ended.The agency that runs the Student and Exchange Visitor program within DHS also issued new guidance last month telling American universities they could only offer their foreign students work authorization if an internship or other training is required of all students — international and American — to get the degree.In the Loop discusses these and other changes to the visa process with an immigration law expert.GUESTS: Tejas Shah, immigration lawyer and partner at Barnes & Thornburg

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