KATHMANDU, July 15 -- Thousands of foreign students, including those from Nepal, are set to be impacted by the new guidelines issued earlier by the federal immigration authorities of the United States. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have agreed to rescind a policy that would bar international students taking online-only courses from residing in the United States

Allison D. Burroughs, a district Court Judge, announced at a hearing on Tuesday that ICE will revert to the guidance it issued in March that allows students taking online courses to reside in the United States on F-1 visas, and it will rescind any implementation of the policy, according to news reports published in US-based ...