The US State Department has instructed embassies to pause scheduling new student and exchange visitor visa appointments, particularly affecting the F, M, and J visa programs, including the J1 visas used by many Irish students. While current applicants for 2025 remain unaffected, potential new applicants face significant delays, as embassies remove open appointment slots. The memo also highlights a forthcoming increase in social media vetting as part of immigration enforcement, reflecting the administration's broader policy aims of tightening immigration controls, which has drawn protests from universities like Harvard.
The US State Department has advised embassies to suspend scheduling new student and exchange visitor visa appointments until further notification, affecting many potential applicants.
The recent memo also emphasizes intensifying social media vetting of student and exchange visitor visas, aligning with the Trump administration's more stringent immigration policies.
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