The US embassy in India has announced a new guideline for those applying for student and exchange visitor visas. The new rules, effective immediately, are applicable to all applicants of F, M, and J non-immigrant visas who will now have to set their social media accounts to the public.
The embassy said it is aimed at helping U.S. officials verify the identity and eligibility of visa applicants during the security screening process. The US embassy shared this update in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), saying that the change is necessary to “facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States under US law.
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