PTC News Desk: The US Embassy in India has issued a fresh diktat for visa applicants directing them to disclose the names of all the social media platform handles from the past five years for background checks. The Embassy said that violating this could lead to rejection of visas and ineligibility for future visas.
"Visa applicants are required to list all social media usernames or handles of every platform they have used from the last 5 years on the DS-160 visa application form. Applicants certify that the information in their visa application is true and correct before they sign and submit," the Embassy said in a statement on X.
"Omitting social media information could lead to visa denial and ineligibility for future visas," it added.
"Effective immediately, all individuals applying for an F, M, or J nonimmigrant visa are requested to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media accounts to the public to facilitate the vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States under US law," the US Embassy in India posted on X.
Earlier the Trump administration had made social media vetting mandatory as part of the background checks for visa applicants. It has also said that no visas will be issued to the students who have their social media ccounts private.
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