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

India's Parliament raised concerns this week after the US mandated that all student visa applicants set their social media ...

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The U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic has warned all visa applicants that violating a series of measures announced by ...

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

We asked immigration experts what the State Department's new visa application process means for international students, researchers, and exchange visitors.

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

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 ...

According to Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has raised ...

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

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.