{"id":9798,"date":"2025-04-03T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/?post_type=project&#038;p=9798"},"modified":"2025-04-03T00:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:00:29","slug":"what-it-takes-to-be-a-buckeye-how-us-policies-impact-ohio-states-iranian-student-population","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/project\/what-it-takes-to-be-a-buckeye-how-us-policies-impact-ohio-states-iranian-student-population\/","title":{"rendered":"What it takes to be a Buckeye: How US policies impact Ohio State&#8217;s Iranian student population"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/suitcase-graphic.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"suitcase graphic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/suitcase-graphic.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/suitcase-graphic-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/suitcase-graphic-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/suitcase-graphic-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-9811\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Credit: Lucy Lawler | Managing Editor for Design<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">What it takes to be a Buckeye: How US policies impact Ohio State's Iranian student population<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">By Carter Kohli | Lantern TV Special Projects Producer<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For aspiring Buckeyes from Iran, acceptance into Ohio State is only one step in a complicated and often challenging journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the application and acceptance stress facing their American peers, students from Iran must navigate a maze of visa restrictions, travel to a neighboring country for interviews and wait months for approval \u2014 all while political tensions and ever-evolving U.S. policies add additional layers of complexity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite these challenges, the number of Iranian students at American universities has grown steadily, with Ohio State alone seeing an increase from 29 students in fall 2013 to 97 this semester. Experts highlight the distinct barriers these students face, from the difficulties of obtaining a student visa in Iran to the broader impact of government policies \u2014 often influenced by the United States\u2019 relationship with Iran \u2014\u00a0 on these students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more, watch this LTV special project video.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What it takes to be a Buckeye: How US policies impact Ohio State&amp;apos;s Iranian student population\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kYBkQ4lwkDA?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Peiffer, a staff attorney at Ohio State\u2019s Student Legal Services, said most of the international students he meets here at Ohio State have excellent immigration cases.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module et_pb_testimonial_no_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p><em>\u201cThe vast majority of my clients, students here at Ohio State, have squeaky clean records. They entered the country legally with usually a student visa,\u201d Peiffer said. \u201cThey are highly qualified, future employees, and they don't present any kinds of admissibility concerns along the lines of crime or national security or things like that. So I'm very fortunate in that most of the students that I work with have excellent resumes and more options than a lot of other people who are seeking immigration benefits.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/Iran-students.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Iran students\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/Iran-students.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/Iran-students-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/Iran-students-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/Iran-students-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-9849\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The number of Iranian students at Ohio State has grown from 29 in autumn 2013 to 97 in spring 2025. Credit: Carter Kohli | Lantern TV Special Projects Producer<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C\u00e9sar Cuauht\u00e9moc Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez, a professor at Ohio State\u2019s Moritz College of Law, said policy changes from one presidential administration to the next can change how willing the U.S. government is to issue student visas and how likely people are to apply.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module et_pb_testimonial_no_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The more wrenches that the federal government throws in their path, the more likely they\u2019re going to think hard about beginning their educational careers, perhaps even their professional careers, outside of the United States,\u201d Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez said.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/students-visas.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"students visas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/students-visas.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/students-visas-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/students-visas-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2025\/04\/students-visas-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-9861\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The number of student visas issued increased during former President Joe Biden's time in office. Credit: Carter Kohli | Lantern TV Special Projects Producer<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peter Hahn, a professor in Ohio State\u2019s Department of History, said the United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with Iran and is likely careful when screening Iranians looking to come to the United States.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module et_pb_testimonial_no_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/placekitten.com\/200\/300)\" class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt's probably fair to say that the security standards pertaining to applicants from Iran these days are going to be a little higher in America, a little more thoroughly investigated and enforced than applicants from other countries. Without that history of tension in the relationship with Washington,\u201d Hahn said.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4234,"featured_media":9811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[],"project_tag":[],"coauthors":[720],"class_list":["post-9798","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/9798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9798"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/9798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9872,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/9798\/revisions\/9872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=9798"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=9798"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<div class="mads-block"></div>