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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 ...
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 ...
Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting
In preparation for such required vetting, the administration is ordering U.S. Embassies and consular sections to pause ...
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 ...
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State Department Halts New Student Visa Interviews, Expands Social Media Vetting
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has temporarily paused the scheduling of new visa interviews for international students ...
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 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 ...
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, ...
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.
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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 ...
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Social Media Vetting: US Student Visa Policy Controversy
The US is intensifying vetting for foreign student visas, possibly requiring social media checks, resulting in a pause in new ...
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Trump team pauses new student visa interviews for social media vetting
In preparation for such required vetting, the administration is ordering U.S. embassies and consular sections to pause ...