‘My stomach just dropped’: foreign students in panicked limbo as Trump cancels visa interviews

State department move to cancel student visa interviews at all US embassies has shocked international scholars

• International students in the US: are you considering studying elsewhere?

Students around the world who were gearing up to study in the United States this fall face growing uncertainty after the Trump administration temporarily halted student visa appointments this week.

On Tuesday, a state department directive ordered US embassies globally to immediately stop scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it prepares to implement expanded social media screening for all international visa applicants.