# 2026-14439 — Federal rules taking effect: every published US final rule whose effective date is still in the future

For 2026-14439, rule is Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media; agency is Homeland Security Department; effective date is 2026-09-15; dates, as printed is This rule has been classified as a major rule subject to congressional review. The effective date is September 15, 2026. However, at the conclusion of the congressional review, if the effective date has been changed, DHS will publish a document in the Federal Register to establish the actual effective date or to terminate the rule; cfr parts amended is 8 CFR 214, 8 CFR 248, 8 CFR 274, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **FR document number:** 2026-14439 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Homeland Security Department _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-09-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** This rule has been classified as a major rule subject to congressional review. The effective date is September 15, 2026. However, at the conclusion of the congressional review, if the effective date has been changed, DHS will publish a document in the Federal Register to establish the actual effective date or to terminate the rule. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 8 CFR 214, 8 CFR 248, 8 CFR 274 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-07-17 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-11&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2026-08-24.
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