Students who violate the terms of their visa - for example, by working off-campus without permission - could be sent home.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Students must re-apply after a year if they want to continue an off-campus job.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

This is what longtime resident Susan Trinter, editor of the Foggy Bottom News, said in a Washington Post story earlier this year: "There seem to be many more students living off-campus now.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

Dorms can cost less than off-campus housing.

VOA: special.2009.03.26