Starting June 25, 2025, the US State Department requires student visa applicants (F, M, and J types) to disclose social media handles from the past five years, setting profiles to public. Consular ...

Seoul’s US embassy has started taking in student visa applications but applicants would have to set their social media posts ...

"Effective immediately, all individuals applying for an F, M, or J nonimmigrant visa are requested to adjust the privacy ...

Foreign students and exchange visitors applying for U.S. visas will now face stricter background checks, including mandatory reviews of their public ...

Australian students are turning away from US universities for their exchange and PhD programs, in part due to privacy and ...

The United States Embassy in Manila asked those applying for an F, M, or J nonimmigrant visa to set their social media accounts privacy settings 'to public,' as part of the United States' vetting ...

Ireland's Taoiseach Mícheál Martin has criticized the new social media vetting procedures for Irish students applying for US ...

The United States Embassy in India has introduced immediate changes to visa application procedures, requiring enhanced social media transparency from prospective students and exchange participants.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that he doesn’t agree with ‘excessive’ social media vetting announced by the US Embassy in ...

Sri Lanka will present a draft of a new anti-terror law as a white paper for more comments by interested parties, the Chairman of a committee appointed to prepare the bill was quoted as saying in a ...

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Northwestern’s Office of International Student and Scholar Services alerted students Monday to new U.S. State Department ...