華府國務院業已權宜性地暫停新增外籍生簽證面談之排程，此舉旨在強化對其等社群媒體動態之縝密審查。惟既存之預約申請者不受此限。Marco Rubio 國務卿署名之電文昭示，於擴大社群媒體審查範疇之正式指引頒布前，各領事部門不應另行安排額外之學生簽證面談。

Following in the wake of the Trump administration's clampdown on international students—a policy suite that encompassed the revocation of Harvard University's authorization to enroll international students and the invalidation of legal status for thousands of international students already within U.S. borders—the Biden administration has perpetuated the practice of scrutinizing social media accounts of visa applicants; furthermore, the protracted suspension of student visa appointment scheduling threatens to disrupt students' matriculation plans for the summer and autumn academic terms, while diminished international student enrollment figures portend adverse budgetary repercussions for universities.