I don’t think student visas should be given priority over others, such as spouses or children trying to get to the US with a citizen spouse/parent. Being able to study in the US is a luxury, not a right or a need. I don’t want colleges to have the right to decide how many visas should be issued just because they admitted X number of foreign students to balance their budgets.
I don’t think the US should waive the procedure for getting a student visa (the interview, the payment for the interview, etc) Someone decided those things are required to insure the international students are in it for (as they’d say on the Bachelor) “the right reason.”
They have recently decided that Americans can return to the US on expired passports (expired from 1/1/2020) until the end of the year. You can’t use and expired passport to leave the US, or to leave the airport in any country you travel through, but just to get home. That’s how behind the foreign embassies and consulates are.
Yup, I’m mean but lets take care of Americans first. Lets get passports to American citizens overseas first (new spouses, babies born overseas), lets get emergency passports issued.
I thought the US should have closed borders like NZ, Australia, most of Europe did. People were still pouring into the NYC airports all through the worst months last year and that really contributed to the spread.