Image credit: Jacqueline Macou The Department of Homeland Security has published a final regulatory rule that fundamentally restructures how nonimmigrant foreign students, exchange visitors, and media representatives are admitted into the United States. Under the newly established regulatory framework, federal immigration authorities have officially eliminated the duration of status policy that previously allowed visa holders in specific categories to remain in the country indefinitely while maintaining enrolled student status. The new policy institutes a standardized fixed period of admis