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Beginning Spring Semester, 2023, international students will be required to enroll in classes consistent with pre-COVID guidelines established by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security (for F-1 students) and the U.S. Department of State (for J-1 students).  That is, no more than one (1) online class (or three semester credits) per semester may count towards the "full course of study" requirement. The remainder of the course load must include classes that require the student's physical attendance for classes, examination, or other purposes integral to completion of the class.   

The guidelines (https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/bcm2204-04a.pdf) provide an exception only for students who were in the U.S., were actively enrolled at a U.S. school on or before March 9, 2020, and have continuously complied with the terms of their nonimmigrant status. Those students will be permitted to count online classes toward a full course of study in excess of the regulatory limits for the 2022-23 academic year. 

For students enrolled in the Center for American Language and Culture’s programs, no online classes may be counted toward the full course of study requirement. 

No, you can take more than one on-ling course, but that would mean you are registered for more than 12 credit hours if you're undergraduate and more than 9 credits if you are graduate. 

For example, an undergraduate that is required to register for 12 credits per semester to maintain a "full course of study" could take 3 of those credits through an on-line class each semester. If the student chose to take an overload of 15 credits, 6 of which were done on-line, all 6 credits might be counted towards the student's degree requirements, although only 3 of those on-line credits are actually serving to maintain the student's F-1 "full course of study."

On the other hand, an undergraduate student who is registered only for 12 total credits, 6 of which are done on-line and six with an in person requirements would be considered as being below a "full-course of study," since only 9 of the total credits would count towards the full-course of study requirement.

No, as of the writing of this message, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) guidance allows F-1 International students to be enrolled in a maximum of one class on line per semester. 

F-1 students enrolled in classes for credit or classroom hours, no more than the equivalent of one class or three credits per session, term, semester, trimester, or quarter may be counted toward the full course of study requirement if the class is taken on-line or through distance education and does not require the student's physical attendance for classes, examination or other purposes integral to completion of the class. An on-line or distance education course is a course that is offered principally through the use of television, audio, or computer transmission including open broadcast, closed circuit, cable, microwave, or satellite, audio conferencing, or computer conferencing.

If the F-1 student's course of study is in a language study program, no on-line or distance education classes may be considered to count toward a student's full course of study requirement.

No, your visa will remain valid until it expires. If you are required to defer your admission, you can still use your valid visa. See information about delaying your program here. 

ISSS has not received guidance from USCIS. As of now, students are required to be in the U.S. in F-1 status in order to apply for OPT. We will keep you updated of any changes, but at the current time, we will continue to process OPT applications as normal.  

We have not received any guidance from USCIS that OPT will be extended due to COVID-19. You must stop working by the end of your OPT authorization. You have a 60-day grace period to remain in the U.S. after the OPT authorization ends. You should try to depart the U.S. by the end of the 60-day grace period or as soon as possible if you can. If this is not possible due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, please send an email to our office to let us know and we will make a note in your SEVIS record to explain the situation.  

We have not had any updates regarding extension of the 90 days of unemployment rule. Some students’ SEVIS record has been automatically terminated due to lack of employment information on their SEVIS record.