{"id":25320,"date":"2025-09-08T17:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/?p=25320"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:23:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:23:33","slug":"visa-interview-appointments-must-be-scheduled-in-country-of-residence-or-nationality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/visa-interview-appointments-must-be-scheduled-in-country-of-residence-or-nationality\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa Interview Appointments Should Be Scheduled in Country of Residence or Nationality"},"content":{"rendered":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">On September 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of State (DoS) announced that effective immediately, applicants for U.S. nonimmigrant visas, including F-1, F-2, J-1, and J-2 visas, <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8220;should schedule their visa interview appointments at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usembassy.gov\/\">U.S. Embassy or Consulate<\/a> in their country of nationality or residence&#8221;<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you are from a country where the U.S. is not currently conducting routine nonimmigrant visa operations, you must apply at a designated alternate location, unless you reside elsewhere. A full list of designated locations is available on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/News\/visas-news\/adjudicating-niv-applicants-in-their-country-of-residence.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">U.S. Department of State website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Important Notes<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Residence Requirement<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: You must be able to demonstrate that you reside in the country where you are applying, if applying based on residency.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Existing Appointments<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: If you already have a scheduled visa appointment, DoS has stated that it should (generally) not be cancelled<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A reminder for current students\/scholars:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Because the F-1\/J-1 visa does not\u00a0determine\u00a0your eligibility to\u00a0remain\u00a0in\u00a0the U.S., once you have arrived in the U.S., it is not a problem if your F\/J visa expires. As such, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">OGS <strong>does <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>not<\/strong> recommend<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> that you travel\u00a0for the sole purpose of renewing your F-1\/J-1\u00a0visa<\/span> as delays could impact academic progress if you are unable to return to campus to resume on-ground, full-time enrollment.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you must depart the U.S. and require a new (not &#8220;renewal&#8221;) visa to re-enter, please anticipate potentially lengthy visa appointment delays and increased scrutiny on <a href=\"https:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/new-u-s-visa-screening-procedures\/\">social media content.<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students and Scholars with questions should <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/service.northeastern.edu\/ogs?_gl=1*1p8ro2p*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NTcwOTE4MjkuQ2p3S0NBandsT3JGQmhCYUVpd0F3NGJZRGVzR2p1YktpNjNlVXhsOHVsZEV0M3R2eXJYRU9KTTZjZ21XZEhER3lVWDhfeEtTb2VxaE94b0NnZDhRQXZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_dc*R0NMLjE3NTcwOTE4MjkuQ2p3S0NBandsT3JGQmhCYUVpd0F3NGJZRGVzR2p1YktpNjNlVXhsOHVsZEV0M3R2eXJYRU9KTTZjZ21XZEhER3lVWDhfeEtTb2VxaE94b0NnZDhRQXZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_au*MTI2Nzg5MjA4Ny4xNzU2OTE0NTY0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">contact OGS directly.<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of State (DoS) announced that effective immediately, applicants for U.S. nonimmigrant visas, including F-1, F-2, J-1, and J-2 visas, &#8220;should schedule their visa&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/visa-interview-appointments-must-be-scheduled-in-country-of-residence-or-nationality\/\" title=\"Read Visa Interview Appointments Should Be Scheduled in Country of Residence or Nationality\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Visa Interview Appointments Should Be Scheduled in Country of Residence or Nationality - Office of Global 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:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/visa-interview-appointments-must-be-scheduled-in-country-of-residence-or-nationality\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Visa Interview Appointments Should Be Scheduled in Country of Residence or Nationality - Office of Global Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On September 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of State (DoS) announced that effective immediately, applicants for U.S. nonimmigrant visas, including F-1, F-2, J-1, and J-2 visas, &#8220;should schedule their visa... 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