The Chronicle of Higher Education

Visa Delays and Fears of Visa Delays Remain Problems for Colleges, Officials Tell Congress

By ANNE K. WALTERS

Washington

Hurdles in the process for obtaining a visa to study in the United States are still keeping many international students away four years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, witnesses said on Tuesday at a Congressional hearing on weaknesses in the visa system.

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