New Delhi, July 17 -- The standard arrangement that allowed a foreign correspondent posted to Washington to remain in the country for the duration of an assignment is ending. Under a final rule published Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security, journalists, students, and exchange-programme participants will be subject to fixed expiration dates on their authorised stays for the first time in decades.

a framework under which visa holders in three categories could remain in the United States as long as their immigration status remained valid - and replaces it with a specific end date attached to each admission. DHS said it would publish the rule in the Federal Register on July 17. It takes effect in 60 days unless Congress acts to b...