United States President Donald Trump has frozen the scheduling of interviews to analyze and release visas for foreign students. Those who already have the scheduled interview will be able to do it normally on the date and time scheduled, but new dates are suspended indefinitely. Trump’s requirement is that a screening on social networks of all candidates for studying in the US will be made to analyze posts and comments, which already changes in Brazil the behavior of exchange agencies.
Once out, counseling at this time is that customers delete and avoid political posts on social networks. “An orientation we have done is so that they do not post anything that is controversial and that can be interpreted in a negative way. And that also delete any kind of post or not engage in something that can be seen as negative in the process of since they will have soon,” says Felipe Fonseca, founder and CEO of the company.
For him, the most affected by the suspension of interview scheduling are students who are expected to start the United States undergraduate year in the second half. This is because classes at American universities start in August or September, depending on the institution. That is, if they cannot schedule the interview and take a visa until the start date, they will need to wait for the next period to start graduation.
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Students who already have scheduled and bought courses for the coming months and have not yet marked the interview are also at risk of losing part of the course or having to relocate the plans. Those who participate in short courses, such as summer schools or pre-college programs, usually held during the July holidays, travel to the country with a tourist visa and should not impact if this visa has already been taken.
The US had 1.1 million foreign students in 2023-2024, according to the State Department.
