How are student visa applicants supposed to share their social media accounts on platforms that haven’t existed in years, ...

In June 2025, a rumor circulated online that U.S. embassies around the world were now requiring applicants for nonimmigrant ...

The United States has mandated that all visa applicants, including Indians, set their social media accounts to public for enhanced screening of tourists and immigrants in view of "national security ...

The DS-160 form includes a dedicated section asking applicants to list all social media platforms and corresponding usernames ...

Outlining each visa adjudication as a "national security decision", the US has asked applicants to reveal their social media usernames or handles of each platform they have used in the last five years ...

Outlining each visa adjudication as a “national security decision”, the US has asked applicants to share their social media ...

The directive, part of intensified background checks, is mandatory for all applicants filling out the DS-160 visa application ...

All social media usernames or handles used in the last 5 years must be listed in the US visa application form.

In a move affecting thousands of Indian students planning to study in the US, the Embassy said that all F, M, and J ...

The statement comes hours after the US Embassy in India said that the visa applicants are required to list all social media ...

Gardaí have issued advice after new requirements for visa applications to the United States of America were revealed.