MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Four students and three alumni in the West Virginia University system have had their student visas revoked, a WVU spokesperson confirmed Wednesday night.
As of April 9, one student and three alumni at WVU’s Morgantown campus, as well as three students at WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley, have been notified that their student visas have been revoked, according to WVU’s Director of News Communications Shauna Johnson. Additionally, their records have been terminated in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS).
Johnson said that in every case, the government’s justification was that the person’s name was “found in a criminal records check.” She added that the university is working directly with the students affected by these decisions.