Foreign Ministry Says "No Unfair Infringement" Over U.S. Student Visa Restrictions

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged the U.S. Department of State for cooperation to ensure that the U.S. Trump administration’s restrictions on the stay periods of international students and journalists do not negatively impact people-to-people exchanges between South Korea and the United States.

Paik Jonghan, Economic Diplomacy Coordinator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is meeting with Jason Evans, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Seoul on the 21st. Photo by Yonhap News

Paik Jonghan, Economic Diplomacy Coordinator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with Jason Evans, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Seoul on the 21st, requesting attention and support to prevent unintended harm or unfair infringement of rights and interests of South Korean nationals arising from U.S. immigration policies.

An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that this was in response to the announcement made on the 16th by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), setting a four-year limit on the stay of international students and shortening the stay for foreign journalists entering the United States on I visas to 240 days.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated, "The government plans to continue strengthening cooperation in various areas, including people-to-people exchanges, at every opportunity for communication between the two countries, and to broaden the scope of the bilateral relationship between South Korea and the United States."

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