The State Department previously issued a similar exemption for students hailing from European countries, Reuters noted.
The new regulation stipulates the students will be able to enter the United States 30 days prior to the start of their academic programs.
Colleges and universities in the U.S. have been pushing the Biden administration to ease travel restrictions on international students.
Doing so would "deliver a welcoming message to current and prospective international students, which can help restore the U.S. as a destination of choice, as well as supporting an important economic activity as the U.S. economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic," argued the American Council on Education (ACE) in a letter to Biden, Reuters reported.