International students currently enrolled at Kansas State University can continue their studies remotely and not have it impact their visa status.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced rescinded guidelines Tuesday for the Student Exchange Visitor program. Previously, it stated international students would be required to take some in-person classes. The action means they won’t have to stop their studies if the university would need to move to all remote classes.
The guidelines would have barred international students from the U.S. if all their classes were to be online this fall. K-State joined other universities across the country denouncing the guidelines. President Richard Myers called them “immoral and counterproductive.”
In a Wednesday release, K-State Director of International Student and Scholar Services Sara Thurston said current international students on F-1 visas at K-State will not need new I-20s as their current I-20s are still valid.
