{"id":1294142,"date":"2025-04-26T08:07:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T02:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1294142"},"modified":"2025-04-26T08:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T03:00:03","slug":"trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a dramatic policy shift, the <strong>Trump administration<\/strong> has announced it will <strong>reinstate student visa registrations<\/strong> for thousands of <strong>foreign students<\/strong> who were previously terminated from the <strong>SEVIS database<\/strong> over minor legal infractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Trup Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now\" class=\"wp-image-1294159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Legal Pressure Triggers Policy U-turn<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision comes after:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Over 100 lawsuits<\/strong> were filed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>More than 50 judges<\/strong> issued restraining orders to halt the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-administration-restore-foreign-students-legal-status-now-2025-04-25\/\">terminations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Widespread panic and confusion among affected students, many of whom were close to graduation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Judges criticized the <strong>arbitrary nature<\/strong> of the terminations and lack of clarity about students\u2019 legal status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ICE Halts Terminations Based on Misdemeanors<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In federal court, a <strong>Justice Department attorney<\/strong> announced that <strong>ICE<\/strong> is now developing a <strong>new policy<\/strong> for terminating records in the <strong>SEVIS system<\/strong>. Until then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SEVIS records flagged due to <strong>minor charges<\/strong> or <strong>dismissed cases<\/strong> will <strong>remain active<\/strong> or be <strong>reactivated<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No terminations will occur <strong>solely based on NCIC criminal history checks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>State Department\u2019s Role Still Unclear<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this shift:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>State Department<\/strong> has <strong>not yet reversed<\/strong> its decision to <strong>cancel student visas<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many of these cancellations targeted students linked to <strong>pro-Palestinian activism<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Officials have cited \u201c<strong>quality control<\/strong>\u201d reviews for the visa cancellations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ICE Retains Authority for Serious Violations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While restoring records for now, ICE clarified it still holds the authority to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Terminate SEVIS records for <strong>serious violations<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Act against students who <strong>fail to maintain legal status<\/strong> or <strong>engage in unlawful activity<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Welcome Relief for International Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The rollback offers relief to <strong>thousands of students<\/strong> who faced <strong>deportation risks<\/strong>, <strong>disrupted education<\/strong>, and immense stress. As the policy evolves, students and universities await <strong>clearer guidelines<\/strong> from both ICE and the State Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision marks a <strong>significant win for due process<\/strong>, but many students still face <strong>uncertainty about their visa status<\/strong> and future in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic policy shift, the Trump administration has announced it will reinstate student visa registrations for thousands of foreign students who were previously terminated from the SEVIS database over minor legal infractions. Legal Pressure Triggers Policy U-turn This decision comes after: Judges criticized the arbitrary nature of the terminations and lack of clarity about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1294159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6081,329],"class_list":["post-1294142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-student-visa","tag-usa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a dramatic policy shift, the Trump administration has announced it will reinstate student visa registrations for thousands of foreign students who were previously terminated from the SEVIS database over minor legal infractions. Legal Pressure Triggers Policy U-turn This decision comes after: Judges criticized the arbitrary nature of the terminations and lack of clarity about [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-26T02:37:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-26T03:00:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohul Ghosh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohul Ghosh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-26T02:37:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-26T03:00:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5092a7d2906e3f3c819643435477c2a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/\",\"name\":\"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\",\"description\":\"Trak.in is a popular Indian Business, Technology, Mobile &amp; Startup blog featuring trending News, views and analytical take on Technology, Business, Finance, Telecom, Mobile, startups &amp; Social Media Space\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5092a7d2906e3f3c819643435477c2a7\",\"name\":\"Mohul Ghosh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66c129d83dd3f325a3b550eb1aa16891173ddfc4686361424206cd9a01311c89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66c129d83dd3f325a3b550eb1aa16891173ddfc4686361424206cd9a01311c89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mohul Ghosh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/author\/mohul-ghosh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","og_description":"In a dramatic policy shift, the Trump administration has announced it will reinstate student visa registrations for thousands of foreign students who were previously terminated from the SEVIS database over minor legal infractions. Legal Pressure Triggers Policy U-turn This decision comes after: Judges criticized the arbitrary nature of the terminations and lack of clarity about [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/","og_site_name":"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","article_published_time":"2025-04-26T02:37:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-26T03:00:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mohul Ghosh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mohul Ghosh","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/","url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/","name":"Trump Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-04-26T02:37:37+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-26T03:00:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5092a7d2906e3f3c819643435477c2a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg","width":1024,"height":576},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/trup-stops-cancelling-international-student-visas-for-now\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump Stops Cancelling International Student Visas, For Now"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website","url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/","name":"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","description":"Trak.in is a popular Indian Business, Technology, Mobile &amp; Startup blog featuring trending News, views and analytical take on Technology, Business, Finance, Telecom, Mobile, startups &amp; Social Media Space","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5092a7d2906e3f3c819643435477c2a7","name":"Mohul Ghosh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66c129d83dd3f325a3b550eb1aa16891173ddfc4686361424206cd9a01311c89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66c129d83dd3f325a3b550eb1aa16891173ddfc4686361424206cd9a01311c89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mohul Ghosh"},"url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/author\/mohul-ghosh\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indians-In-USA-Opt-1280x720-1-1024x576-1-1280x720-1024x576-1024x576-1-1-1024x576-1-2.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1294169,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294142\/revisions\/1294169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1294159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}