International students are scrubbing their social media or in some case reevaluating their decision to study in the U.S.

Omitting social media information on your application could lead to visa denial and ineligibility for future US visas.” ...

Embassy in Nairobi has shared guidelines for Kenyans applying for visas on the disclosure of their social media details. The Embassy, in a notice issued on Friday, July 25, said all applicants must ...

The United States of America (USA) has now added social media activities to its many parameters and steps of issuing visas to ...

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

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.

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

Visa applicants who fall under these guidelines will be asked to make their social media profiles to public. Failing to do could be interpretated as an intent to hide activity or evade the policy ...

Social media is indispensable to many foreign documentary filmmakers. It is the way they connect with the subjects of their films, research the stories they are telling and share their work with ...

The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it is restarting the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but all applicants will now be required to unlock their social media ...

The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it is restarting the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but all applicants will now be required to unlock their social media ...

In May 2025, visa processing was temporarily halted; later, a State Department cable dated June 18 revealed this was done so that the US could revamp its social media vetting guidelines.