Tag Archives: Visa

U.S. Rescinds Plan to Strip Visas From International Students in Online Classes 

The Trump administration said it would no longer require foreign students to attend in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic in order to remain in the country.

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Google, Facebook, Microsoft, other tech companies join lawsuit against new student visa rule 

More than a dozen top American technology companies, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft, on Monday joined a lawsuit filed by the Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) latest rule that bars international students from staying in the United States unless they attend a […]

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Policy change on international students misguided: US universities, lawmakers 

Several Congressman and top educational institutions decried the policy change that will require international students who are in the US with an F-1 visa to take at least one in-person course or else face the prospect of being deported. But the the State Department asserted that many international students who had planned to study this fall in the US may st […]

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US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Tibet 

Move follows similar efforts by Trump administration over Xinjiang and HK policies

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China says will restrict visas for some Americans over Hong Kong row 

China warned Monday that it would impose visa restrictions on US citizens who had “behaved egregiously” over Hong Kong, ahead of expected approval from Beijing lawmakers for a controversial national security law in the city.

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Trump’s restrictive policy on immigration will be detrimental to US economy: USIBC 

The temporary suspension of H-1B and other non-immigrant visas by US President Donald Trump along with other restrictive policies on immigration is detrimental to the United States and its economy, president of a top American business advocacy group has said.

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