Word: visas
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...Malaysian masters candidate at the Graduate School of Design (GSD) got his student visa three months later than he expected. Ultimately, the document arrived just in time for Pang to make it to Cambridge on the last day of add-drop period in the fall...
...Pang’s visa application was caught in a freeze by the U.S. consulate—one of several backlogs and delays that came about as legislation designed to protect the country from foreign terrorism came into effect...
Pang says the close call frightened him so much that he didn’t leave the country for more than a year afterward. He was so frustrated during the months when his visa application was pending that he nearly threw in the Harvard towel entirely, he says...
...foreign researcher’s interests match those on the list, his or her visa is subject to extra scrutiny—a process that accounts for considerable backlog and, in some cases, prevents scientists from meeting their research objectives...
...with a new fingerprinting system, capable of inducing delays, now mandatory only for visa-holders from some nations but scheduled to become universally required this fall, the International Office will have to stay on its toes for some time...