This afternoon, a decision was reached in the lawsuit filed by Harvard and MIT regarding the ICE and SEVP announcements of July 6 and 7. The U.S. government has agreed to rescind those policy statements and FAQs and allow the previously issued guidance for Spring 2020 to remain in effect. ISSS will communicate in greater detail after we have examined the decision carefully. However, with the previous guidance now in effect, international students on F-1 status will be able to keep this status for Fall 2020 provided they register for a full course load, regardless of whether these courses are in person or via remote learning.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and ISSS celebrate this decision with you, and we appreciate the outpouring of support for our international students that we have received over the past week. We believe this decision affirms our actions seeking to block these rules and our belief in the importance of international education and the importance of international students to the United States.