Visa stop for Chinese students: USA tightening review!

Visa stop for Chinese students: USA tightening review!

USA - The US government has announced today that it will initially expose the processing of visas for foreign students. This particularly affects students from China who make up a large proportion of international students at US universities. This step became known by an internal communication by the US State Department, which the AFP news agency was presented. The background is planned guidelines that provide an extended review of the activities of applicants in social networks. Kleine Zeitung reports that China's Foreign Ministry is asking the USA to protect "legitimate rights and interests of international students"

US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio ordered in a circular that no new appointments for applicants are agreed on student and exchange visa (F, M and J). This measure is intended to ensure that the review of statements on social media is designed more intensively before entering the United States. The arrangement that does not issue a new visa was described as part of a strategy to increase security controls. Tagesschau added that further instructions can be expected in the coming days.

uncertainty among students

The announcement has already caused great uncertainty among young people who are planning a stay abroad in the USA, as the example of a student from North Rhine-Westphalia shows. Angelina from the Siegburg vocational college expressed her worries about the Visa award stop because after her high school diploma she strives to study in the United States and has already planned an internship.

The US government, which begins under President Trump to take a stricter attitude towards foreign students, explains its actions with the claim that anti-Semitism is widespread on US campus. wdr reports about the challenges for students whose planned stays are now endangered. Many parents and students are concerned about exchange organizations.