[Faculty] Update on New Rule Eliminating Duration of Status for International Students and Scholars.

[Kelly Eldridge Hinosawa]

Dear Colleagues,

Message: Today – Monday, 14 September 2026 – we learned that a US District
Court rendered a ruling on the lawsuit filed by International Education
Organizations asking for a preliminary injunction in response to Department
of Homeland Security’s Final Rule Eliminating Duration of Status (D/S),
which was to go into effect on Tuesday, 15 September 2026.  The judge ruled
today that that effective date of the Final Rule has been postponed until
the court issues a further order.  The D/S rule would have given students
and scholars a fixed end-date to remain in the US, not to exceed four
years.  Without the rule, students and scholars may continue to remain in
the US as long as they have a valid immigration form I-20 or DS-2019.

International Affairs will keep you updated as more details become
available.

View the judge's r
<https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/74661796/51/presidents-alliance-on-higher-education-and-immigration-v-united-states/>uling
on D/S Final Rule.
<https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/74661796/51/presidents-alliance-on-higher-education-and-immigration-v-united-states/>

*Regards, *



*Kelly*



*Kelly Eldridge Hinosawa*

*Associate Director*

International Students and Scholars | International Affairs

University of California, Riverside

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