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- President Donald Trump’s tighter scrutiny and a 15 % State Department visa-staff cut have delayed J-1 visas, slowing approvals for about 5,000 seasonal students.
- The department prioritized World Cup visas, while InterExchange director Steve Simas reports nearly a quarter of this year’s J-1 students still lack appointments.
- Shoreway Acres Inn manager Greg Ketterer says two Thai J-1 students missed early-May arrivals, forcing overtime for his ten-person staff.
