This post addresses one seemingly simple yet important question. What are the current US student visa (F-1) issuance and rejection rates in Vietnam? As the US State Department points out, the worldwide student visa issuance rate was 87% (rounded up) in the 2010 US government (USG) fiscal year ending 30 September 2010. Answering this simple question is … Continue reading US Student Visas in Vietnam: Putting the Pieces Together
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SEVIS By The Numbers: March 2011 Quarterly Snapshot
This quarterly report (PDF) is a statistical breakdown of the system’s performance and trends in foreign student representation in U.S. academic and exchange programs. As of 31 March 2011, SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System) contained records for 1,124,271 active nonimmigrant students, exchange visitors, and their dependents. The total number of records for all … Continue reading SEVIS By The Numbers: March 2011 Quarterly Snapshot
And the Winners Are…
Here are the top (most frequently read) five posts for the past week in descending order: What’s in a Name? Bill Gates School in Hanoi (25.3.11) Wikileaks & Vietnam (17.12.10) College of Charleston Establishes Center of Vietnamese Enterprise (25.7.10) Of Student Visas & Community Colleges (14.11.10) Nationally Accredited U.S. Institutions with a Vietnam Connection (13.7.10) As you can see, this eclectic … Continue reading And the Winners Are…
SEVIS By The Numbers: December 2010 Quarterly Snapshot
This quarterly report (PDF) is a statistical breakdown of the system’s performance and trends in foreign student representation in U.S. academic and exchange programs. As of 31 December 2010, SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System) contained records for 1,091,805 active nonimmigrant students, exchange visitors, and their dependents. The total number of records for all … Continue reading SEVIS By The Numbers: December 2010 Quarterly Snapshot
U.S. Visa Policy: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
“Applicants must demonstrate that they properly meet student visa requirements.” In other words, the onus is on the applicant to make her/his case and do it quickly. The application fee of $140 and the SEVIS fee of $200 ensure a visa interview that usually lasts in the five-minute range. As most of you probably know, the “big three” … Continue reading U.S. Visa Policy: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
“US education co-operation brings positive changes”
A good interview with Steve Maxner, chairman of the board of directors of the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF), which appeared in the 19 July 2010 issue of the English language daily, Viet Nam News. (Dr. Maxner is also director of the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University.) A little-known fact about the origins of the … Continue reading “US education co-operation brings positive changes”
Vietnamese Students in Australia: A Reality Check
Last year, there were more than 20,000 Vietnamese students in all sectors in Australia, including higher education, vocational education and training (VET), English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) and other courses (non-credit courses, enabling courses, eyc.). 5,400 were in VET and 5,300 in the higher education sector as of February 2010, according to the Australian Embassy in Vietnam. … Continue reading Vietnamese Students in Australia: A Reality Check
SEVIS by the Numbers: Vietnam
Unlike the annual Open Doors international academic mobility report, which contains information from the previous fall semester (i.e., one year before the report is released), the quarterly reports issued by the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) are up-to-date snapshots of the total number of international students studying in the U.S. (At … Continue reading SEVIS by the Numbers: Vietnam
Science Education Across Borders: Why Academic Globalization Should Be Welcomed, Not Feared
From the conclusion of this essay, excerpted from a forthcoming book The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities are Reshaping the World by Ben Wildavsky. The United States should respond to the globalization of higher education not with angst but with a sense of possibility. Neither a gradual erosion in the U.S. market share of students … Continue reading Science Education Across Borders: Why Academic Globalization Should Be Welcomed, Not Feared
Do Clothes Really Make the Man (or Woman)? Have Visa, Will Issue (Not!)
An amusing yet revealing story about Doan Nguyen Duc, who is on track to become Vietnam's first billionaire with a net worth of VND 12.22 trillion ($683.5 million) in current stock holdings. An excerpt from a VietnamNet story about Mr. Duc and wealth acquisition in Vietnam: Jeans and a T-shirt In faded old blue jeans and a plain … Continue reading Do Clothes Really Make the Man (or Woman)? Have Visa, Will Issue (Not!)
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