Bengaluru: Students who wish to study in the United States under the F, M, or J non-immigrant visa categories will now be ...

The Trump administration is increasingly turning to social media as a national security tool to vet immigrants, stoking ...

U.S. Embassy mandates social media to be public for F, M, and J visa applicants to ensure identity verification.

Beginning June 2025, those applying for F, M, and J visas to the U.S. must reveal all social media usernames used in the past ...

U.S. State Department to resume scheduling of new visa interview for foreign students — with enhance vetting activities.

The State Department is restarting the processing of visa applications from students and visiting scholars, but is screening ...

The government’s requirement that international students make their accounts public has caused confusion and concern.

Technology Technology The Big Story  Trump administration uses social media for visa vetting The Trump administration is ...

Foreign nationals who seek visas to study in the United States will have to make social media posts public to be scrutinized ...

The federal agency will resume scheduling applications under the new vetting standards.

While visa applicants have been required to disclose their social media identifiers since 2019, this updated rule now goes a ...

Ireland's Taoiseach Mícheál Martin has criticized the new social media vetting procedures for Irish students applying for US ...