Until recently, 19-year-old second year Bachelor of Arts WAAPA dance students Ava Harris, Asia Rovizzi, Hayley Massam and Sian Carvell were packing their bags for a prestigious semester-long study exchange with Purchase College State University of New York (also known as SUNY Purchase). Students: an unclear situationSeveral months ago, alarm bells sounded for WAAPA’s four selected students as they began to encounter complications with what to date has always been a routine US student visa application process. Since then, there has been little follow-up information issued by the US government, making the current situation unclear. For WAAPA’s four US study exchange students, the timing of their visa applications meant they were caught up in President Trump’s initial temporary suspension issued in May. ArtsHub was also unable to access the US Consulate Perth’s student visa interview online booking system (open to visa applicants only), so could not verify whether US visa interview appointments for Perth/ WA-based student visa applicants are currently being made available.