Instructions to embassies around the world to stop visa interviews for students
The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a new policy to stop the admission of foreign students to US universities.
After the federal court stopped the immediate implementation of the order issued last week to abolish the foreign student admission program and management system at Harvard University, President Trump's administration has launched a new policy to stop the admission of foreign students to universities across the United States.
The Trump administration has ordered the suspension of visa interviews for all foreign students applying to study at American universities.
The reason for investigating the social networks of students applying for studies in American universities has been instructed to suspend visa interviews for the time being. The US Department of State announced on Monday through the US media that it has suspended the new visa interview schedule for foreign students who want to study in the US.
As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is preparing to expand the screening of their activities on social media, interviews will be stopped for some time and it will not be applicable for those who have already received an interview appointment.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signed the instructions given to Duvatas and the State Department has decided to make a plan for checking the social media of the applicant students, according to the Associated Press (AP). "Until further instructions are issued immediately, embassies cannot add any level of student visas or issue interview appointments for new visas," the ministry said.
Tammy Bruce, the spokesperson of the US State Department, said that not only for the school, but for everyone who comes to the US, a strict inquiry and study will be conducted before visas are issued. "We use all available resources to investigate people who apply for US visas," she said, "we will continue to use all the tools we can to evaluate people who come here, whether they are students or others."
All federal contracts with Harvard will be canceled
The Trump administration has ordered the cancellation of all federal contracts of Harvard University. The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the cancellation of all remaining federal contracts and grants, after the federal court blocked the implementation of foreign student admissions and management orders.
According to CNN, Josh Gruenbaum, the official of the General Services Administration, has instructed Harvard to cancel the grant money, facilities and technical support it receives from the federal government. The Harvard administration claims that if the federal contract is canceled and implemented, there will be a loss of 42.65 billion US dollars.
The president of Harvard, Alan Garber, has been protesting the government's decision as a retaliatory action against the freedom of education. Garber has said that the government has decided to cancel all contracts to affect the American education sector.
There are currently 9,970 foreign students studying at Harvard. This number is 27 percent of the total students. Out of which 0.3 i.e. 22 Nepali students are also there. There are 147 students from Harvard, 35 percent of the quota for studying is allocated for outside America.
