Chinese students shaken by US visa crackdown look for Plan B

Justin, a Chinese PhD student at the IV League University, has always planned to settle in the United States, but the 25 -year -old man is quitting this idea after crackdown on immigrant and academia and considering studying elsewhere.

This week, Washington asked the US Embassy to postpone the visa approval process of foreign students by postponing additional screening of their social media activities.

State Secretary Marco Rubio then promised “Aggressively withdrawn” Chinese student visas, especially those who are studying in the “critical field” or associated with the Communist Party.

Rubio’s comments are part of foreign academia and students, especially from China, which analysts say that America’s reputation as a safe destination for foreign studies is decreasing and many are leading backup plans in other countries.

Justin said, “If the government sets this national example.

He also added that he is considering applying as “Plan B” at Oxford and Cambridge universities in the UK. “The United States is no longer an ideal place for scientific research,” he said.

The number of Chinese students US university The Covid -1 epidemic has severely decreased from the epidemic, due to the first Trump administration to be identified in the academia during the first Trump administration due to initiatives, including the degraded “China initiative”.

Last year, the amount of Chinese students in the United States was more than 277,3, which was 5 percent compared to a year ago and about 13,2 to 2 per percent less in 20-21. The total number of international students in the United States reached the top of 1.1MN last year.

Julian Fisher, co-founder of the Beijing-based market intelligence consultant Venture Education, says the industry is facing structural challenges.

The mainland Chinese parents are not just becoming more prudent, are increasingly choosing for the top organization, there is more competition from Hong Kong and Singapore companies. He said the degradation of China’s population means that customers were about to read the pool, he said.

“Probably the question of the big existence here is that if we have already passed the Chinese students who are already studying abroad,” Fisher added that the Trump administration’s policies could speed up this trend.

Since the latest arrangements were announced, the interest of “studying abroad in the United States” in the Chinese search engine has dropped to 655 percent a year ago, according to the Venture Education Analysis using the data of the Baudu index.

The analysis suggests that Australia seems to be the most popular after Singapore and the UK.

Education counselor Ivyer Edor’s head of business development, Frieda Kai, says some clients are considered as the UK, Hong Kong or Australia. Applicants for Ivyer Adu US Visa advise them to be careful about what they post online.

President Donald Trump’s policy has developed Hong Kong’s “Lack of confidence in parents”, said AAS Education Managing Director Will Koong, a consultant.

“If students do not have a family link in the United States, the overall market hunger has decreased significantly,” he said. Quing was helping students to come up with “Plan BS” included in the UK and Australia.

The interest in Hong Kong students in the United States has been submerged nearly one-fourth of the pre-level level in recent months, saying that those interested in technology, AI, space and engineering, often avoid the United States.

Beijing US principles described Washington as proof of the underlying “hypocrisy” of the underlying “long -term claims of freedom and openness”.

“It will only harm the international image and national credibility of the United States,” the Foreign Ministry has said about Rubio’s threat.

These comments have highlighted China’s authoritarian system as an effective development model for President Xi Jinping’s countries because Beijing is trying to attract more foreign students in the developing world.

On Chinese social media, students have expressed their anger and confusion.

This year, a student described how to start a Masters in Harvard’s design, how his study visa was initially approved by the US embassy in Beijing last week. The next day he received an email that it was rejected because Harvard lost his student and exchange visitor program certificate. When a judge blocked the ban, it was later issued.

“I’m worried?” The student who did not want to identify was told the Financial Times. “Yes of course. Every other day has a new policy; it’s quite unwanted.” For those who are seeking to study abroad next year, he said: “I advise them to do backup plans.”

Nevertheless, at the US embassy in Beijing this week, some students, whose visa interviews were scheduled before the latest suspension, were carefully optimistic about moving to the United States.

A Chinese student who just identified himself as Austin said he was returning to New York University to finish a masters program in computer engineering. Austin said, “The resources and teachers in the NYU are great.”

He said, however, while in the United States, the immigration officers stopped him on the street, he always carried his passport with him. There was always the risk of exile or visa withdrawal, he said.

“I think these things must happen under Trump,” he said.