paused<\/a> the processing of applications for Course Credit Curricular Practical Training, or CPT, a program that allows international students to receive credits toward their degree when pursuing internships and work experience.<\/p>\n\u201cWe will need more time to consult with legal counsel, and to develop new processes that align with ICE requirements,\u201d said Berkeley International Office Director Ivor Emmanuel.<\/p>\n
Under Department of Homeland Security standards, international students living in the United States through an F-1 visa are required to enroll in a full-time course load to keep their visa status, unless exempted by special circumstances.<\/p>\n
According to Emmanuel, international students who had planned to use current internships for academic credit still have to meet this requirement and \u201cwill have to identify alternate courses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emmanuel specified that CPT programs required for students\u2019 majors or degree programs will not be suspended. The Berkeley International Office website maintains a list of programs that require internships for their completion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe contributions of international students at UC Berkeley cannot be overstated,\u201d Emmanuel wrote in an email. \u201cThey are an important part of our mission and we remain committed to ensuring that their academic experience is fulfilling and rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rachel Zaentz, the UC Office of the President\u2019s senior director of strategic and critical communications, stated that campuses, not the UC system, advise UCDC on international student work authorizations.<\/p>\n
While UC Davis also indefinitely suspended Course Credit CPT applications, UC Davis Services for International Students and Scholars indicates that students with fully processed applications and who have already received a CPT I-20 can still participate in their specified work opportunities for academic credit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not take this decision lightly as we know the importance that Course Credit CPT plays in these students\u2019 academic journey,\u201d wrote Emmanuel. \u201cWe will support our international students to the full extent allowed by law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Campus international undergraduate students can no longer receive academic credit for most internships completed in study abroad programs,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[32158,173163,3536,2778,38368,143,145,144,38371,149,8229,178350,30647],"class_list":["post-451129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-berkeley-international-office","tag-course-credit-curricular-practical-training","tag-department-of-homeland-security","tag-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-ivor-emmanuel","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-rachel-zaentz","tag-uc-berkeley","tag-uc-davis","tag-uc-davis-services-for-international-students-and-scholars","tag-uc-office-of-the-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}