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The U.S. put student visa interviews on hold to consider this new requirement. The post What Could Social Media Vetting For Student Visas Look Like? It’s Unclear first appeared on Her Campus.
Applicants will be required to make their social media profiles “public” and will be screened for “hostile attitudes” toward ...
Visa applicants will be asked to change their privacy settings on social media profiles to "public," an official said.
The US government now requires all international students applying under F, M, and J visa categories to keep their social ...
Applicants for US student, training, and exchange visas (F, M, J) must now disclose their social media usernames from the ...
Student visa seekers are deleting posts, photos and memes, for fear of divergence from “founding principles of the United ...
The United States consulates in Karachi and Lahore on Thursday requested that all applicants for F, M or J nonimmigrant visas make their social media accounts public for vetting, after similar ...
Social media vetting for visa applicants is part of the President Trump’s March 6 Memorandum to heighten the screening process for those seeking American visas. “Sec. 2.
A judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new policy of enhanced social media scrutiny for student visa applicants, according to Bloomberg Law. The plaintiffs argued ...
To 'protect national interest', US now require all F‑, M‑, and J‑visa applicants (students/exchange visitors) to make ...
The State Department will begin seeking social media histories from visa applicants deemed to pose a potential risk of terrorism. The Office of Management and Budget approved a request from the ...
Security vetting runs from the time of each application, through adjudication of the visa, and afterwards during the validity ...