US EditionUS Suggests Student Visa Suspension to Be Brief
- On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed US diplomatic missions worldwide to temporarily halt booking appointments for international student visas until new social media screening procedures are established.
- This pause follows ongoing actions from the Trump administration, which revoked thousands of visas and sought stricter controls targeting Chinese students and campuses with unrest.
- State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce urged prospective students to monitor online for appointment availability and said the suspension is expected to be brief, not lasting weeks or months.
- Bruce expressed that she would not advise seeking visa appointments if the wait times were expected to extend for weeks or months, adding that the current pause is likely to conclude relatively soon despite ongoing delays.
- Resuming visa processing soon would ease the burden on the vast number of students planning to study in the US later this year.
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The suspension of visas for students who want to follow courses at American universities could be short-term, announced by the State Department, notes AFP, taken by Agerpres.
The Express Tribune
Business TimesUS suggests student visa suspension to be brief
The US State Department indicated Thursday that a global suspension on visa processing for international students would be brief, as it ramps up scrutiny of applicants' social media activity. State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce encouraged prospective students to seek visa appointments and said: "I would not be recommending that if this was going to be weeks or months." "I can tell you that it's something that would happen perhaps sooner tha…
The Siasat Daily
Sambad EnglishUS student visa interview pause expected to end soon
Washington: The United States stated that the pause on student visa interviews will end “sooner than later” and encouraged applicants to continue the application process while frequently checking for the resumption of regular services. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered US missions around the world to pause student visa interviews to incorporate expanded scrutiny of the social media footprints of applicants. An early end to the pa…
The US State Department said the suspension of visas for students who want to study in the United States could be short-lived. A spokeswoman for the institution encouraged young people to continue making appointments for interviews. According to her, it is possible that American embassies will resume processing applications quite soon.
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