{"id":3,"date":"2012-10-29T15:45:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T19:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/international-students-scholars-office\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:23:23","slug":"international-students-scholars-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/","title":{"rendered":"International Students &amp; Scholars Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n  #content #post-3 {\n    background-color: rgb(243, 246, 240);\n  }\n  #content #post-3 .cards {\n    padding: 0 24px;\n    justify-content: space-between;\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n  }\n  #content #post-3 .cards .card {\n    margin: 0 0 40px;\n    max-width: 100%;\n    width: 300px;\n  }\n  @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n    #content #post-3 .cards .card {\n      width: 100%;\n    }\n  }\n  #content #post-3 .cards .card h3 {\n      font-weight: 700;\n      font-size: 28px;\n      line-height: 30px;\n  }\n  #content #post-3 .card p a {\n      text-decoration: underline;\n  }\n  #content #post-3 .card p a:hover {\n      text-decoration: none;\n  }<\/p>\n<p>  #content #post-3 .cards.one .card {\n    width: auto;\n    border-color: #7E014A;\n    margin: 0;\n    display: grid;\n    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr 10px 1fr;\n    grid-template-rows: auto auto;\n    grid-template-areas: \n      \"header header header header header\"\n      \"body body body . button\";<\/p>\n<p>      @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n        grid-template-columns: 1fr;\n        grid-template-rows: auto auto 24px auto;\n        grid-template-areas: \n          \"header\"\n          \"body\"\n          \".\"\n          \"button\";\n      }<\/p>\n<p>    padding-bottom: 32px;\n  }<\/p>\n<p>  #content #post-3 .cards.one .card h3 {\n    grid-area: header;\n  }<\/p>\n<p>  #content #post-3 .cards.one .card p {\n    grid-area: body;\n    margin-bottom: 0;\n  }<\/p>\n<p>  #content #post-3 .cards.one .card a.k-button {\n    background-color: #7E014A;\n    border-color: #7E014A;\n    border-radius: 3px;\n    grid-area: button;\n    align-self: center;\n    justify-self: center;\n    font-size: 18px;\n    padding: 12px 24px;<\/p>\n<p>    @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n      margin-bottom: 0;\n    }\n  }\n  <\/style>\n<div class=\"cards one\" style=\"padding-top: 24px;\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<h3>Immigration-Related Activities During Current Federal Administration<\/h3>\n<p>This page highlights executive orders, policy, legislative and regulatory changes that affect visa or immigration processing and increase travel risk for our international student and scholar community. As always, we encourage members of our community to <a href=\"\/isso\/contact\/\">connect with a ISSO team member with any questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"\/isso\/news\/immigration-related-activity-under-new-federal-administration\/\" class=\"k-button\">Learn More<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; padding: 24px 24px 0;\">Here are a few links to direct our international communities to answers to their most frequently asked questions. We will update the links periodically to ensure they reflect trending topics. Don\u2019t see what you are looking for? 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