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Carefully read the instructions listed below, then use the button at the bottom of this page to start your Special Student Relief application.<\/p>\n
The US Department of Homeland Security has designated some countries for Special Student Relief (SSR).\u00a0SSR suspends some rules regarding F-1 student enrollment and employment.<\/p>\n
These are the countries currently designated for SSR, with a link to the notice in the Federal Register, which includes specific eligibility information:<\/p>\n
March 2024 Update:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n DHS has issued a Broadcast Message announcing Special Student Relief Employment Benefits to Students from Burma Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Federal Register :: Employment Authorization for Nationals of Burma F-1 Nonimmigrant Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship as a Direct Result of Current Armed Conflict and the Current Humanitarian Crisis in Burma (Myanmar)<\/a><\/p>\n SSR applies to F-1 students who meet\u00a0all<\/u><\/strong> the following conditions:<\/p>\n If you think you are eligible for any of the above student relief:<\/p>\n Special Student Relief for F-1 Students Carefully read the instructions listed below, then use the button at the bottom of this page to start your Special Student Relief application. Overview The US Department of Homeland Security has designated some countries for Special Student Relief (SSR).\u00a0SSR suspends some rules regarding F-1 student enrollment and employment. These […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"parent":9508,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[131,239],"class_list":["post-9722","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9722\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=9722"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=9722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Eligibility<\/h3>\n
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