美国移民局关于2020秋季新规的官方答疑

美东时间7月6日下午4点34分，CNN引用美国移民局新规，表示如果大学在秋季依然实施在线开学的话，在美攻读学位的留学生将需强制离境。

来源：CNN新闻

2020年7月6日美国海关和移民总署在官方发布新的关于2020年秋季学期非移民持有F1/M1学生签证的学生上网课的新规定(点击阅读原文获得链接)，具体内容如下：

01、非移民，持有F1或者M1签证的学生，如果所就读学校仅开设网课，将不能留在美国境内。

移民局也不会给这些学生发放签证，学生也不能进入美国境内。现在在美国境内的学生，如果你的学校今年秋季学期只开设网课，那么你必须要离境或者转学去其他提供面对面授课的学校。如果他们不遵守上述规定，将会被强制离境。

Nonimmigrant F-1 and M-1 students attending schools operating entirely online may not take a full online course load and remain in the United States. The U.S. Department of State will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and/or programs that are fully online for the fall semester nor will U.S. Customs and Border Protection permit these students to enter the United States. Active students currently in the United States enrolled in such programs must depart the country or take other measures, such as transferring to a school with in-person instruction to remain in lawful status. If not, they may face immigration consequences including, but not limited to, the initiation of removal proceedings.

02、如果入读学校提供面对面课程，学生遵守现有联邦规定，持有F1签证学生最多只能上一门网课(或者三个学分)。

Nonimmigrant F-1 students attending schools operating under normal in-person classes are bound by existing federal regulations. Eligible F students may take a maximum of one class or three credit hours online.

03、如果学校采用的是混合授课模式(网课+面对面授课)，持有F1签证学生可选多余一门网课(或者三个学分)，但是学生也必须选修面对面授课课程。

学校必须在开始更改秋季学校授课模式的十天之内在SEVIS系统更新上报采用何种授课方式计划。

另外，如果各所学校在开学时提供面对面授课，然后在将来的某个时间更改授课模式至网课，或者持有F1签证的学生本人最后选择上网课，所有持有F1的学生不准在美国境内只选修网课，必须马上离境或者选择其他方法保持他们的学生身份。

Nonimmigrant F-1 students attending schools adopting a hybrid model—that is, a mixture of online and in person classes—will be allowed to take more than one class or three credit hours online. These schools must certify to SEVP, through the Form I-20, “Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status,” certifying that the program is not entirely online, that the student is not taking an entirely online course load this semester, and that the student is taking the minimum number of online classes required to make normal progress in their degree program. The above exemptions do not apply to F-1 students in English language training programs or M-1 students pursing vocational degrees, who are not permitted to enroll in any online courses.

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