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Effective <\/span>September 6, 2025<\/strong>, the U.S. Department of State requires most nonimmigrant visa applicants, including F-1 and J-1 students, to schedule their visa interviews exclusively in their country of citizenship or legal residence. This new policy effectively ends the practice of “third-country stamping,” a long-standing method for bypassing long visa wait times. <\/span><\/p>\n

For a complete breakdown of the new policy, including important details on special cases, exemptions, and a list of key recommendations, please visit our dedicated ISS webpage: <\/span>New U.S. Visa Interview Location Policy: Apply in Your Home Country (Effective Sept 6, 2025)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Effective September 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of State requires most nonimmigrant visa applicants, including F-1 and J-1 students, to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,97,37,36,90,76,1,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2025-immigration-updates","category-announcement","category-f-1","category-immigration","category-j-1","category-j-1-student-intern","category-news","category-visa"],"yoast_head":"\nNew U.S. Visa Policy on Interview Locations - International Student Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/issmanoa\/?p=15093\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New U.S. Visa Policy on Interview Locations - 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