International students to the US Visas will not be issued for online classes only 14:57 7th July
The US government has announced that international students at American universities and high schools will not issue visas if all classes are online. President Trump is urging that face-to-face lessons be resumed, and it seems that there may be pressure to stop international students who are also an important source of income for the school, but Japanese international students may also be affected. There is.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Bureau announced on June 6 that it will not issue a visa for studying abroad at schools that offer all classes online during the new semester starting September. Did.
We also require students already studying abroad to leave the United States or transfer to a school where they have resumed face-to-face classes if only online classes are available.
Regarding this, President Trump posted on Twitter on Twitter that “school must be held in the fall!” and urged him to restart face-to-face classes, restarting social activities as well as economic activities before the presidential election and recovering. It seems to be a desire to impress.
On the other hand, some famous universities already have a policy to conduct all classes online to prevent infections, and the Trump administration aims to put pressure on stopping international students who are also an important source of income for the school. It seems that there is.
In the United States last year, 400,000 foreign students were issued visas, so this measure could affect Japanese students.