The United States is set to restrict students from Nigeria and others from admission of more than two years.
This is according to the new guidelines from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The new measures were published in the U.S. federal register.
The start date of the policy is expectedDHS proposed a “maximum admission period of up to 2 years for certain students
If an immigration officer finds that an alien violated his or her status prior to or during the course of an EOS adjudication and denies the EOS request, the alien generally would begin accruing unlawful presence the day after issuance of the denial”, it said.
The policy would affect natives or citizens of countries on the State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST) List, citizens of countries with more than 10% overstay rate, students of unaccredited school and those of schools that does not use E-Verify.
Nigeria had Total Overstay Rate of 13.43%, and Suspected in-Country Overstay Rate of 11.12%.
For SST, they are countries America determine have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.
Categories of sanctions include restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance, a ban on defense exports and sales, certain controls over exports of dual use items, and miscellaneous financial and other restrictions
