Texas Tech University’s Costa Rica Campus Offers an Alternative to Earning a U.S. Degree Amid Visa Uncertainty

As part of U.S. President Donald Trump's punitive measures against foreign students, an internal cable ordering the temporary suspension of new appointments to process student and exchange visas caused confusion this week.According to information released by the AFP agency, the document signed by U.S. head of diplomacy, Marco Rubio, instructs embassies and consulates to pause the assignment of appointments until new guidelines related to verific…

Texas Tech University’s Costa Rica campus offers an alternative to earning a U.S. degree amid visa uncertainty

QCOSTARICA — Texas Tech University and its Costa Rica campus (TTU – Costa Rica) announced that it is offering an affordable, high-quality alternative to earning a U.S. degree directly from Latin America. This comes amid growing uncertainty surrounding U.S. immigration policies and the challenges faced by international students wishing to study in the country. This week, it was announced that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered all U.S. e…

The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica ruled on the situation surrounding the procedure for obtaining a student visa.The head of U.S. diplomacy, Marco Rubio, ordered this week to suspend the processing of student visas while President Donald Trump's administration expands the verification of its social networks, according to an internal cable.The AFP had access to the cable that orders embassies and consulates not to assign more “quotas for student or e…

The recent decision by the U.S. government to suspend interviews for new student visas and cultural exchange marks an important shift in academic migration policy. The measure, instructed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, responds to the implementation of mandatory scrutiny of social networks and vetting of applicants. This suspension immediately affects thousands of foreign young people, including Mexicans, who expected to start or continue st…