The US ordered the suspension of student visa processing in May and resumed it later with the implementation of social media ...

In recent weeks, the US State Department implemented a policy requiring all university, technical training, or exchange ...

In June 2025, a rumor circulated online that U.S. embassies around the world were now requiring applicants for nonimmigrant ...

Applicants will be required to make their social media profiles “public” and will be screened for “hostile attitudes” toward ...

As travelers face increased vetting at U.S. borders, here's what they should know about their social media accounts.

As student visa interviews resume in India, applicants face not just long waits and sudden rejections, but a chilling message ...

A Trump-era practice of vetting the social media profiles of visitors has provided scant value, intelligence officials concluded. But the Biden administration has kept the policy in place.

"Since 2019, the United States has required applicants—both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas—to provide information on their visa forms that will identify them on social media," they added.

On May 31, 2019, the Department of State (DOS) updated its immigrant and nonimmigrant visa application forms (Forms DS-260 and DS-160, respectively) ...

As of May 31, a new rule requires everyone who is applying for a visa to travel to the United States to submit their social media information as part of their application.

U.S. will now impose much stricter social media vetting for visa applicants; US missions abroad can resume visa processing for students; Appointments were suspended in May ...

The US State Department suspended all F-1 visa appointments across its embassies in all countries for the time being to come up with a new set of rules for social media vetting.