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Joe Biden, the President of the United States of America rolled back the rule of establishing a fixed time period for the admission along with the extension for non-immigrant academic students which was floated by Donald Trump and his administration. This is a huge relief for Indian students who are studying and staying in the USA. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew the rule and this was announced in September last year by Donald Trump. The non-immigrant students who wish to remain in the United States of America will have to apply for the extension of stay with the US Citizenship and Immigration Service.

They can also apply for admission with the US Customs and Border Protection at the port of entry into the country. DHS said that they received thousands of comments in the public comment period and 99 percent of them opposed the rule. Most of them raised the point of discrimination and this would tamper the image of the United States. Some of them argued that the old rule will be a burden for several foreign students. This would also make them lose big job opportunities told some of them. Joe Biden issued an Executive Order to identify the barriers and benefit the immigrants. This is a welcome move for Indian students.

By Siva Kumar