{"id":"SEC-15-004","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)","authority":"8 C.F.R. 214.2(f) and (m) (F-1 and M-1 student status; online-course limits) as administered by SEVP under 8 U.S.C. 1372","instrument":"SEVP Broadcast Message 2003-01: COVID-19 and Potential Procedural Adaptations for F and M nonimmigrant students","title":"Broadcast Message: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Potential Procedural Adaptations for F and M nonimmigrant students","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"Superseded for fall 2020 by Broadcast Message 2007-01 (July 6, 2020), itself rescinded July 14, 2020; the March 2020 flexibilities continued for continuing students through the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years and terminated May 11, 2023","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["SEVP-certified schools (colleges, universities, boarding and language schools)","F and M students"],"clause":"SEVP-certified schools may need to adapt their procedures and policies to address the significant public health concerns associated with the COVID-19 crisis.... SEVP-certified schools should advise students traveling from countries impacted by COVID-19...","enforcement":"SEVP certification and student status (8 C.F.R. 214.3, 214.2(f)); schools must report procedural changes within 10 business days","functions":["AD","CP","RL","IN","CB"],"notes":"The federal instrument that let every U.S. college and boarding school move F-1 students online in March 2020 while remaining SEVP-compliant; it conditioned that permission on reporting and on the school\u0027s own COVID-19 procedural change; the entry proclamations and consular suspensions (FED-B) then closed the pipeline of new international students for fall 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/bcm2003-01.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":178071,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-004","citation":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), SEVP Broadcast Message 2003-01: COVID-19 and Potential Procedural Adaptations for F and M nonimmigrant students (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-004)","stateName":"","related":[]}