According to EFE this afternoon, The US Embassy and Consulate in Spain resumed meetings to process a request for a research visa A few weeks ago after administration Donald Trump It would take more thorough control over foreign students.
From the representative of the US Embassy in Madrid, EFE noted that “According to the new guidelines, we will conduct a complete check processIncluding the “online” presence of all applicants for a visa in the Visa F, M and J Visa category. ”
In this sense, Study or exchange candidates should adjust the confidentiality of all their social networks confidentialityThe same sources indicate that they remember that Trump’s government “focuses on the protection of the nation and our citizens Having supported the highest standards of national security and public security in the process of vision assignment. “
“The American visa is a privilege, not the rightThe field of each visa concession is a decision on national security, ”the US Embassy in Spain emphasizes. New appointments are facilitated from last Thursday, June 19While previously planned were still being conducted. However, new requirements for Spanish students slowed the procedure. The embassy emphasizes that candidates of students and exchange programs “must be completely truthful in their applications.”
Except, The resumption of a dating program for obtaining visas coincides with the trip of the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabelle Diaz Ayuso in the United States. promote Madrid universities.
Ayuso went to Miami along with six state universities Madrid and 13 private universities as part of the campaign “Research in Madrid, Viva Madrid”, and will also visit New York. According to the Spanish Association of Courses abroad (aseproce), About 4,000 Spanish students annually participate in some training courseField
Currently, students can choose various visas Depending on the type of educational course that they will develop in the United States:
- J1 Visa This is the modality of cultural exchange, which usually covers the full academic year, although there is also the opportunity to study only one semester.
- Visa F1 This applies to a private academic program, which operates for several years, which allows you to continue in the same educational center for a longer time.
- Visa m This is a student visa in technical programs.