Student Visa Applicants Required to Make Social Media Accounts Public
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US Asks Student Visa Applicants To Set Social Media Profile Privacy To "Public"
All applicants for F, M, and J non-immigrant US visas which are meant for students will have to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media profiles to "public", the State Department said in a statement today.


U.S. Embassy in Mexico asked student visa applicants to have public profiles on social networks to verify admissibility.
The U.S. government announced last Wednesday that it will require student or exchange visa applicants to configure the privacy of their social media profiles as “public” to be able to review their content. The U.S. embassy in Mexico has echoed the order and asked Mexicans to apply for a student visa to change the privacy settings of their social networks. Why does the U.S. ask student visa applicants to “open” their networks? Through a social me…
Student visa applicants required to make social media accounts public
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- On Wednesday, the State Department announced new student visa applicants will be required to unlock their social media accounts for government review. This comes after the department paused scheduling of new interviews for student visa applications in late May and while applicants have been waiting for this moment, they can now expect the U.S. government to take a look into their personal online accounts. “You’re always…
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