<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/international/newsletter/articles/fixed-date-admission.html" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>08/24/2026</pubDate><title>F-1 Immigration Rule Change: Fixed Date of Admission </title><fine-print/><author>Wendy Lee Stewart, Ed.D.</author><image><img src="/international/newsletter/media/images/fixed-date-admission-1000.jpg" alt="F-1 Immigration Rule Change: Fixed Date of Admission "/></image><description>The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a final rule that ends the long-standing "Duration of Status" (D/S) policy for international students in the United States. This chang...</description><tags><tag>IP-General News</tag><tag>IP-Partner News</tag></tags></item>