The Embassy of the United States (USA) in Nový Delhi has ordered all visa applicants to determine the details of all their social media for the last five years for background controls – the inability to observe the visa could lead to the visa, the embassy said. This is approaching the heels of the United States decision that all applicants for students visa publish their social media accounts for the purposes of review.
“Visa applicants are obliged to state all usernames or handles on the social media of each platform they have used in the DS-160 visa for the last five years. Applicants confirm that the information in their visa is true and correct than signature and submission.”
“The omitting information about social media could lead to denas and incapacity for future visas,” he added.
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The US with citing “National Security and Public Security”, the US said on Monday that all student visas applicants must publish their social media accounts.
“They are immediately asked for all individuals to apply for a visa F, M or J to adjust the protection of personal data protection in all their social media accounts to the” public “to facilitate the check for the introduction of their identity and admissibility towards US law,” said the US embassy.
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The F-1 visa is issued to students who follow academic studies, while the M-1 visa is for those who are written in professional or other non-academic programs. On the other hand, the J-1 visa is provided to individuals who participate in teaching, study, research or educational programs in the workplace, usually lasting from several weeks to several years.
Last month, Trump’s administration ordered all US consulates around the world to stop performing new interviews and accept applications for students’ visas and visit visas.
At the same time, American officials accused Biden’s administration of permission of poorly proven migrants into the ground and claimed that the system was full of fraud. In response, they announced stricter checks, including reviewing the activities of people who are applying for moving to the US.
Now American consular officers will carefully check the applicant’s online activity. They will look for anything about – for example, posts that show hostility towards American citizens, values, culture, institutions or principles of the foundation of the country.
This change comes when the US Foreign Ministry begins to require social media controls before the visa.
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