US to pause student visa interviews ahead of new social media vetting: reports


US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed America’s embassies and consulates worldwide to stop scheduling student visa interviews as US President Donald Trump’s administration considers more expansive vetting of the social media profiles of applicants.

The order, laid out in a diplomatic cable on Tuesday, is the latest effort by the administration to restrict international students’ entry to the US over claims that they might promote antisemitism or otherwise threaten national security.

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