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This How To U.S. Boost Number of Foreign Students

WASHINGTON - In order to enhance foreign students, the United States will accelerate the process of granting student visa.

Breakthrough Barack Obama administration is done through the Bureau of Consular Department will give special priority students visa approval.

In a statement on International Education Week, the U.S. State Department stated, all U.S. embassies and consulates expedite the visa process for foreign students to ensure they are eligible to start an academic program on time.

Since a long time, foreign students complained about the complexity and difficulty of applying for visas to America.

To overcome this problem, the department has adopted a policy to shorten the maximum waiting period of the visa approval to less than 15 days. Foreign students can apply for a visa up to 120 days before the start of the academic program. Similarly, as quoted by Xinhua on Tuesday (11/15/2011).

This policy was created after the latest annual report states that the number of foreign students in America increased by 30 percent over the last decade.

According to data published by the Institute of International Education, the number of foreign students who study in America rose by five percent or by 723,277 students in 2010/2011 academic year. Mentioned data, the most foreign students study in America comes from China.

During discussions held in Washington DC, on Monday (14/11/2011) local time, Principal Deputy Assistant for Education and Cultural Affairs Department of Foreign Affairs, Adam Ereli stressed the benefits of the presence of foreign students in America. "Foreign students enrich American university with new ideas and ways of thinking," said Ereli.

Educational exchanges also helped to shape and consolidate the relations between the U.S. and other countries by promoting mutual understanding. In addition, foreign education including revenue contributor to America because it produces billions of dollars.

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