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Harvard-Bound Singaporeans Press Ahead With Plans
The Straits Times
|June 16, 2025
Some Still Without Visas, Amid Trump's Ban on Foreign Students at the US University
Singaporean students bound for Harvard University are still pressing ahead with their plans despite uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's ban on foreign students. Some of them still do not have their visas.
Ms Welly Tantono, president of its Singapore alumni club, told The Straits Times on June 14 that, as far as she is aware, none of the prospective Singaporean students have relinquished their offers.
The Harvard Club of Singapore on June 14 organised a pre-departure meeting for the Republic's Harvard hopefuls, which ST understands was attended by more than 10 matriculating undergraduates and postgraduates.
Among them, about half have yet to obtain their visas, said a Harvard Club board member, who declined to be named.
Some existing visa appointments at the local US Embassy have been cancelled, and new appointments are difficult to make, he added.
This story is from the June 16, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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