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Message from Internation office in one of US universities/ @" g9 @1 D" T% C9 Z H
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: : : : Please pay attention to this important message from the Department of
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: : : : State below regarding applying for visa stamps at U.S. Embassies in / {4 Z- e8 E! S1 b
: : : : Canada and Mexico. Although it is always preferable that a student
3 o* ?* i# k+ y# ?- H: : : : apply for an F-1 or J-1 visa stamp in their home country, in the past, ' s0 _+ c! C' u, Z. o4 M6 w
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: : : : some students have been successful going to U.S. Embassies in Canada
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6 H0 X( m f: J: : : : Today, however, the Department of State has temporarily suspended all
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: : : : applying for or renewing a visa stamp at U.S. Embassies in Canada and 9 @9 J, z7 x; C5 e3 c
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: : : : Mexico. While the State Department notes that these changes are : A& X9 |0 b% E7 Z' ^0 Z& K* g% k2 {
: : : : temporary, we are not sure for how long this policy will continue. If # ~8 I o% C/ {5 u7 q- s
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