Regulation Updates

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This page is designed to keep you informed of important updates and changes to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of State regulations and procedures. It is updated as warranted.

Please click here for information concerning traveling outside the US and re-entering the US.

Please click here information concerning the SEVIS Fee.

Please click here for information concerning special registration with INS for men who are nationals or citizens from certain countries; Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Please click here for information concerning updating your address with DHS and the form AR-11. AR-11.asp

Visitors who enter the United States, or file a request for an extension of their stay on or after April 12, 2002, are not eligible to begin a course of study until a change of status to F1 or M1 by INS is approved or the visitor leaves the United States and gets an F1 or M1 visa. For more on tourist visas . 

• F Regulations (December 11, 2002 update)
• J-1 Regulations from Department of State current)
• J Regulations (December 12, 2002 update)