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Message from Internation office in one of US universities
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: : : : Please pay attention to this important message from the Department of
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$ r1 L. _; z% S! [; {; `1 D0 x: : : : State below regarding applying for visa stamps at U.S. Embassies in m2 w7 ?8 u0 x+ \. |: Y
: : : : Canada and Mexico. Although it is always preferable that a student
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: : : : some students have been successful going to U.S. Embassies in Canada
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: : : : Today, however, the Department of State has temporarily suspended all
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! ?, S9 c) }, i: : : : third country nationals (any non-citizen of Canada or Mexico) from
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: : : : Mexico. While the State Department notes that these changes are
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