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US asks foreign students to leave the country if classes go online

Harvard is among the first universities that has shifted completely to online teaching till a vaccine is found to tackle Covid-19.

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The immigration agency said students enrolled in the US may consider measures like transferring to schools with in-person instruction.

Press Trust of India New York
In a decision that will adversely impact hundreds of thousands of Indian students in the United States (US), the Federal Immigration Authority has announced that foreign students pursuing degrees in America will have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online-only classes in this fall semester.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a press release on Monday that for the fall 2020 semester, students attending schools operating entirely online might not take a full online course load and remain in the US.

Harvard is among the first universities that has shifted completely to online teaching