suspension of the employment limitations is available through November 25, 2025

Policy effect

suspension of the employment limitations is available through November 25, 2025

Conditions and exceptions

Recorded validated scope: On-campus and off-campus employment authorization, reduced course load requirements.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

Nonimmigrant Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship as a Direct Result of Current Armed Conflict and the Current Humanitarian Crisis in Burma (Myanmar) AGENCY: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security is suspending certain [[Page 20676]] regulatory requirements for F-1 nonimmigrant students from Burma who are experiencing severe economic hardship as a direct result of current armed conflict and the current humanitarian crisis in Burma. The Secretary is providing relief to these students who are in lawful F-1 nonimmigrant status, so the students may request employment authorization, work an increased number of hours while school is in session, and reduce their course load while continuing to maintain their F-1 nonimmigrant status. DATES: This action is effective May 26, 2024, through November 25, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Snyder, Unit Chief, Policy and Response Unit, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, MS 5600, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20536-5600; … nonimmigrant status on May 25, 2021, was effective from May 25, 2021, through November 25, 2022. See 86 FR 28128 (May 25, 2021). A subsequent notice provided for an extension, effective from November 26, 2022, through May 25, 2024, and expanded the applicability of such suspension to F-1 nonimmigrant students from Burma who were in lawful F-1 nonimmigrant student status on September 27, 2022. See 87 FR 58509 (Sept. 27, 2022). Effective with this publication, suspension of the employment limitations is available through November 25, 2025, for those who are in lawful F-1 nonimmigrant status on the … citizen of Burma regardless of country of birth (or an individual having no nationality who last habitually resided in Burma); (2) Were lawfully present in the United States on the date of publication of this notice in F-1 nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(F)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)(i); (3) Are enrolled in an academic institution that is Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)-certified for enrollment for F-1 nonimmigrant students; (4) Are currently maintaining F-1 nonimmigrant status; and (5) Are experiencing severe economic hardship …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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