US EditionUS student visas: Simon Harris raises concern over social media vetting
- The US government implemented new social media vetting rules effective immediately for all F, M, and J student visa applicants, including Irish students.
- This policy change follows a pause in visa interviews and aims to enhance national security by requiring applicants to make social media profiles public and list user names from the last five years.
- Tanaiste Simon Harris and Taoiseach Micheál Martin voiced strong opposition to the new vetting rules, expressing serious worries about the impact on young Irish travelers seeking US visas.
- A senior State Department official stated that American citizens expect their government to take all necessary actions to enhance national security, which the Trump Administration is committed to doing on a daily basis.
- Simon Harris plans to engage with the incoming US Ambassador Edward Walsh next month to seek clarity and ease tensions caused by the visa changes for Irish students.
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US embassy in India issues fresh notice on detention, deportation and future visa eligibility
The announcement comes a day after the US government introduced a new rule requiring all Indian applicants for student visas to make their social media accounts public as part of enhanced vetting procedures.
·Uttar Pradesh, India
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Are you going to study in the USA? Then expect to have your private social media combed for 'hostile attitudes' towards, among others, the government. "An alarming development," says the chairman of the Danish Students' Council.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Social media vetting for J1 visas causing ‘deep concern, confusion’ as Tánaiste says he will raise issue with US ambassador
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said he is “very concerned” about the updated advice from the US State Department, which requires all students applying for J1 visas to make their social media accounts public so they can be vetted by US authorities.
·Ireland
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