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Student visa applicants advised to tread lightly as U.S. expands social media vetting
Counselors are urging foreign students applying to U.S. colleges to avoid certain topics online as the State Department ...
U.S. halting student visa interviews before "expanded social media vetting"
The State Department has ordered U.S. embassies to temporarily stop scheduling new student visa appointments, as the Trump ...
US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
U.S. officials say the State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study ...
State Department to ramp up screening, social media vetting for student visa applicants as interviews paused
The State Department is poised to increase its social media vetting for those applying for student and exchange visitor visas ...
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Trump pauses student visa interviews, weighs social media vetting for applicants
Driving the news: The administration is ordering U.S. embassies and consular sections to pause new interviews for student ...
State Department orders embassies to pause new student visa appointments as it moves to expand social media vetting
The US State Department has instructed US embassies and consulates around the world to pause new student visa appointments as ...
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Social media vetting rolled out to Harvard applicants
US consulates are carrying out enhanced social media vetting of Harvard applicants, in a pilot project that could be rolled ...
America tightens social media vetting: Is your online profile putting your student visa at risk
The US government suspends new student visa appointments. This decision follows expanded social media vetting of applicants.
Trump throws another punch at Harvard — demands more social media vetting of visa applicants
The vetting will go beyond student applicants and includes faculty, employees, contractors, guest speakers and tourists.
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State Dept. Will Vet Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media
International education advocates are raising concerns over the administration’s decision to pause visa interviews ahead of ...
New student visas paused as State Dept. plans tougher social media review
The Trump administration has paused interviews for student visas as it prepares tougher social media vetting guidelines for ...
Trump admin pauses all student visas, considers vetting new applicants’ social media
The Trump administration is pumping the brakes on all foreign student visas and considering whether to vet new applicants based on their social media posts.