{"id":991656,"date":"2026-02-12T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=991656"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:04:39","slug":"uscis-is-reading-your-linkedin-and-it-could-make-or-break-your-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/12\/uscis-is-reading-your-linkedin-and-it-could-make-or-break-your-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"USCIS is reading your LinkedIn \u2014 and it could make or break your visa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Citizenship and Immigration Services is increasingly scrutinising applicants\u2019 online professional profiles, particularly LinkedIn, and comparing them closely with information submitted in visa petitions and green card applications, according to US-based immigration attorneys. Lawyers say mismatches between what applicants publicly state online and what they formally declare to immigration authorities are emerging as a significant risk factor, with some cases resulting in refusals, delays or heightened scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Citizenship and Immigration Services is increasingly scrutinising applicants\u2019 online professional profiles, particularly LinkedIn, and comparing them closely with information submitted in visa petitions and green card applications, according to US-based immigration attorneys. Lawyers say mismatches between what applicants publicly state online and what they formally declare to immigration authorities are emerging as a significant risk factor, with some cases resulting in refusals, delays or heightened scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-991656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}