Students scrub social media for US visa
US visa applicants in Bengaluru are deleting past social media posts related to politics, religion and social matters. Many have also unfollowed activists, political figures, and outspoken friends. This follows the mounting scrutiny of international students applying for US visas.
On Monday, the US Embassy in India announced that all applicants for F, M, or J non-immigrant visas must make their social media profiles public for the purpose of identification and admissibility. On Thursday, it added that applicants must list all social media usernames used in the past five years on the DS-160 visa form; failing to disclose this information could result in visa denial or future ineligibility.
