{"id":5751,"date":"2017-05-15T15:14:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T19:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/local.georgetownlaw.edu\/visa-services\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:55:12","slug":"international-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/international-students\/","title":{"rendered":"International Student Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>On July 17, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/public-inspection\/2026-14439\/establishing-a-fixed-time-period-of-admission-and-an-extension-of-stay-procedure-for-nonimmigrant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">final rule to end \u2018duration of status\u2019 (D\/S)<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>\u00a0for F and J visa holders. The rule will become effective on September 15, 2026. Georgetown previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/mac1jso91iahiyaobdlrfblshurgi4bo\">submitted a comment<\/a> to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in opposition to this rule. This will impact students in F or J status, scholars in J status, and alumni with OPT, STEM OPT, or AT authorization. The Office of Global Services (OGS) and the Office of General Counsel are reviewing the final rule and will communicate changes and implications to the Georgetown community after August 3, 2026 via the OGS <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalservices.georgetown.edu\/immigration-updates\/elimination-ds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">Elimination of Duration of Status (D\/S) webpage<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and emails to affected individuals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>International Student Services is here to serve newly admitted and current F-1 and J-1 international students. We will work closely with you to advise and provide updated information about issues affecting your immigration status. Please review this information frequently and contact us if you have questions or concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 17, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a\u00a0final rule to end \u2018duration of status\u2019 (D\/S)(This link opens in a new tab)\u00a0for F and J visa holders. The rule will become effective on September 15, 2026. Georgetown previously\u00a0submitted a comment to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in opposition to this rule. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5751","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5751"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11101,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5751\/revisions\/11101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}