Amidst escalating concerns regarding national security protocols, the US State Department has enacted a provisional moratorium on scheduling new visa interviews for prospective foreign students, pending the implementation of enhanced due diligence procedures targeting their digital footprint on social media platforms, a measure that conspicuously excludes applicants with pre-existing appointments. A diplomatic cable, bearing the signature of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, mandates that consular divisions refrain from arranging supplementary student visa interviews until further directives are promulgated regarding the expanded social media vetting framework; this démarche is a salient continuation of the Trump administration's stringent policies pertaining to international students, including the controversial revocation of Harvard University's authorization to enroll international students and the invalidation of legal residency status for numerous international students already within US borders, the policy of scrutinizing visa applicants' social media accounts having been subsequently perpetuated under the Biden administration, thereby underscoring the bipartisan consensus on this sensitive issue; the protracted suspension of student visa scheduling threatens to engender significant disruptions to students' matriculation plans for the summer and autumn academic terms, and the concomitant diminution in international student enrollment could precipitate cascading budgetary ramifications for tertiary educational institutions across the nation.