Bartholomew and ACLI have been working with a group of students from mainland China. There are at least 350 ACLI students in Japan learning English and preparing for study in the United States under the ACLI Program. Even though it is United States policy to consider Chinese visa requests on a casebycase basis. I have been informed that the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo has been summarily denying ACLI and other Chinese student visa requests based solely on the political changes in mainland China. This blanket policy is most unfair. Each of the ACLI students have been in Japan preparing to study in the United States prior to the current problems in China. Some students have been in Japan for up to 2 years. You can imagine the disappointment among these students when after working so hard and so long their visa for travel to the United States is summarily denied. These students are financially responsible and have the means to support themselves in the United States. In the Case of ACLI students. they have committed to pay their tuition in full and in advance.