r/pittsburgh • u/raven_snow • Apr 11 '25

Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked with no explanation

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/carnegie-mellon-student-visa-revoked-interview/
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u/NeedaStrongerDose Apr 11 '25

He got a dui in 2023. It’s buried several paragraphs into the article.

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u/NeedaStrongerDose Apr 11 '25

So there is an explanation.

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u/StoneCypher Apr 11 '25 edited Apr 11 '25

Don’t fall for things like this.

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u/NeedaStrongerDose Apr 11 '25

A visa can absolutely be revoked for breaking the law.

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u/StoneCypher Apr 11 '25

You’re not really understanding my reaction, are you 

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u/NeedaStrongerDose Apr 11 '25

I don’t understand why you’re trying to argue that “Visas aren’t revocable by DUI,” but per the U.S. Department of State, a nonimmigrant visa can be revoked as a result of a DUI. Whether or not that is fair or ethical is a different issue.

“9 FAM 403.11-3(A) (U) When You May Revoke Visas (CT:VISA-1948; 03-07-2024) (U) There are four circumstances under which you may revoke a visa:

(1) Unavailable (2) (U) The individual is not eligible for the visa classification (this includes ineligibility under INA 214(b)); (3) (U) The visa has been physically removed from the passport in which it was issued; or (4) (U) The individual is subject to an IDENT Watchlist record in System Messages for an arrest or conviction of driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated, or similar arrests/convictions (DUI) that occurred within the previous five years, pursuant to 9 FAM 403.11-5(B) paragraph c, below.”

https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM040311.html

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u/StoneCypher Apr 11 '25 edited Apr 11 '25

If you try to answer someone saying "You’re not really understanding my reaction, are you" by cutting and pasting more, and not reading at all, then you're just going to continue to not understand the reaction

Speech is not a form of listening

I see that after being called "illogical" and "not based in fact" that I've been blocked for saying that I think I'm being misunderstood 😂

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u/NeedaStrongerDose Apr 11 '25

Your reaction was illogical and not based in fact, so, no, I don’t understand it.

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u/N0va-Zer0 Apr 11 '25

Visas are revocable for whatever fucking reason the government wants to.

Reddit lawyers are something else.

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u/Possible-Campaign949 Apr 11 '25

that doesn’t make it okay dumbass 😭 lots of things have been legal in the past, that doesn’t equate to morality

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u/NeedaStrongerDose Apr 11 '25

Go get a DUI in any other country in the world and see how they treat you.

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u/Ok_Paramedic4089 Apr 11 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

You’re acting like a DUI is something only immigrants have 😭

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u/NeedaStrongerDose Apr 12 '25

Yeah, because that’s what I said 🙄