Posts tagged “student visa refusal”

The numbers are depressing.  The United States used to be a magnet for international students.  But now, the Trump Administration is discouraging, deterring, and repelling students from across the world with its student-adverse policies. The number of new enrollments and visa issuances is down from 17-36%.  It is not only the students that are severely impacted, but the American universities and colleges as well.  In light of these Trump-initiated policies, this felt like a good time to update our article on student visa denials. 

To highlight some of the trends and problems that we have seen over the past year, we have just published an article citing to the 44 reasons for a student visa denial.  The underlying law, regulations, and Department of State guidance to consular officers remains, for the most part, unchanged. But what has changed is the interpretation and implementation at US embassies and consulates around the world.