Immigration
Student Visa Integrity Act of 2026
- Introduced
- Committee
- House
- Senate
- President
- Law
- Introduced
- January 14, 2026
- Sponsor
- · R–TX
- Recorded roll calls
- None recorded
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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The bill would amend student and exchange visitor visa programs by requiring accreditation for covered academic institutions and programs, subject to renewable one-year waivers under specified conditions, and by increasing a specified criminal penalty from 10 to 15 years when the offense involves an institution’s participation in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. The text also includes reporting, fraud-related sanctions, eligibility reviews, limits on language and flight training statuses, restrictions concerning certain countries, study-stay limits, online-education limits, and implementation of SEVIS II within two years of enactment.
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