Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The State Department has been working on updated guidance and training since early this year, "to ensure all consular officers are fully equipped to evaluate every visa applicant comprehensively and consistently", they added.
Financial Times reports that applicants with interviews already scheduled were sent emails that their appointments had been canceled and that they would be informed of a new date and time.
Agency officials claim this will ensure visa applicants will not end up relying on US public benefits. But it's part of a slate of strategies the Trump administration has employed to crack down on both lawful and undocumented immigration and create a more selective process for who can gain entry into the syste...