Anxious Harvard-bound Singaporeans press ahead with plans, even as some still don’t have visas


The president of the Harvard Club of Singapore said that none of the prospective Singaporean students have relinquished their offers. -- PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singaporean students bound for Harvard University are still pressing ahead with their plans despite uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s ban on foreign students, even as some still do not have their visas.

Welly Tantono, the president of its Singapore alumni club, told The Straits Times on June 14 that as far as she is aware, none of the prospective Singaporean students have relinquished their offers.

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