Embassies were directed to temporarily stop scheduling new student visa interviews while the Trump Administration considers increased vetting of applicants’ social media.

The US State Department has instructed US embassies and consulates around the world to pause new student visa appointments as it develops guidance to expand “social media screening and vetting” to all applicants for student visas,

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered embassies to stop scheduling appointments for student visas as it prepares to expand social media vetting of such applicants. In a copy of a memo sent to diplomatic posts,