The US government is proposing to issue student visas with a fixed end-date attached for citizens from certain countries, repealing its current practice of allowing a visa to remain valid for as long as the foreign student concerned attends school.

The new measures, which are to be introduced for students from 59 countries, including Nepal, will disappoint hundreds of Nepali students aspiring to attend American colleges, consultants advising students on abroad study said.

Currently, a student visa is valid for as long as a student is enrolled in a course of study. However, the Department of Homeland Security, has proposed to limit the validity period to two years for students from countries such as Nepal. The department said that the two-year limit is for citizens of countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism or of those who have overstay records of above 10 percent.

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