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Title 8 — Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-73not60

§1762 Review of Institutions and Other Entities Authorized to Enroll or Sponsor Certain Nonimmigrants

Title 8 › Chapter 15— ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM › Subchapter V— FOREIGN STUDENTS AND EXCHANGE VISITORS › § 1762

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, with help from the Secretary of Education, to review schools certified to enroll F, M, or J nonimmigrants no later than two years after May 14, 2002 and then every two years. Reviews must check whether the schools follow the recordkeeping and reporting rules for those students and the rules in section 1372. The Secretary of State must do the same every two years for organizations that sponsor J exchange visitors. If a school or sponsor seriously fails to follow those recordkeeping or reporting rules, the Commissioner may suspend a school’s approval for at least one year or end it, and the Secretary of State may suspend or end a sponsor’s designation for at least one year. Each official can choose suspension or termination.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1762

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(a)Not later than two years after May 14, 2002, and every two years thereafter, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall conduct a review of the institutions certified to receive nonimmigrants under section 1101(a)(15)(F), (M), or (J) of this title. Each review shall determine whether the institutions are in compliance with—
(1)recordkeeping and reporting requirements to receive nonimmigrants under section 1101(a)(15)(F), (M), or (J) of this title; and
(2)recordkeeping and reporting requirements under section 1372 of this title.
(b)(1)Not later than two years after May 14, 2002, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall conduct a review of the entities designated to sponsor exchange visitor program participants under section 1101(a)(15)(J) of this title.
(2)On the basis of reviews of entities under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine whether the entities are in compliance with—
(A)recordkeeping and reporting requirements to receive nonimmigrant exchange visitor program participants under section 1101(a)(15)(J) of this title; and
(B)recordkeeping and reporting requirements under section 1372 of this title.
(c)Material failure of an institution or other entity to comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements to receive nonimmigrant students or exchange visitor program participants under section 1101(a)(15)(F), (M), or (J) of this title, or section 1372 of this title, shall result in the suspension for at least one year or termination, at the election of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, of the institution’s approval to receive such students, or result in the suspension for at least one year or termination, at the election of the Secretary of State, of the other entity’s designation to sponsor exchange visitor program participants, as the case may be.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and

Transfer of Functions

For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Transfer of Functions

, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1762

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60