<p>I’m an international student from Egypt. Recently, the international society has been claiming that Egypt’s military has done a coup. Obama funded the old regime and the congress is ****ed about it and so. Will this affect my chances in anyway?</p>
<p>It may.
However please realize that the American administration has funded ALL regimes in Egypt for a long time and that Congress does not “agree” on this (or on much actually :p)
Keep in mind that the matter of defining what happened early July as a “coup” when it’s against a man who’s been elected then took on non democratic measures <em>and</em> when it’s with full popular support is being discussed in the US. It’s not like Americans go around saying Egyptians are all a bunch of thugs. One matter that is widely seen as problematic is the treatment of women on Tahir Square but other than that, you’ll find people who support the elected president, people who support the new regime, people who support the previous regime, and 99.5% people who haven’t even heard that there’s been a third revolution in Egypt and thus have zero opinion on the matter.
Where it may complicate things is during the visa interview. It’ll have to be very clear you want to STUDY, not emigrate/find work/escape as those would require different types of visas. If you’re officially politically affiliated with one of the warring factions (Mubarak, Morsi, Army, or other) this may be brought up.
Overall though you wouldn’t be penalized just because your country is agitating right now.</p>