May not issue visas to US students Online classes at universities, etc. July 25, 9:52
The U.S. government has announced that as the new coronavirus spreads, visas may not be issued to new students studying at high schools and colleges where all classes are conducted online from the new semester. International students including Japanese may be affected.
The U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs has announced that it may not issue visas to students newly studying at high schools, universities, etc. where all classes will be online from the new semester starting from September 24th ..
According to the Institute of International Education in the United States, the number of students studying in the United States from September 2018 for about one year was 1.09 million, of which about 18,000 were international students from Japan. If a visa is not issued, international students including Japanese may be affected.
Regarding the issuance of visas for international students, after the U.S. government announced regulations on this month, in addition to Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, local provincial governments and others have filed a lawsuit against the federal district court this month. Regulations were withdrawn on the 14th.
The reason for the possibility of re-regulating this time has not been clarified, but President Trump, who wants to make an impression on the recovery of economic and social activities, has repeatedly said that schools in the United States have requested to restart classrooms. Therefore, it seems that there is also the aim of putting pressure on the school side for issuing visas to international students.