US Embassy Dhaka asks Bangladeshi student visa applicants to make social media profiles public
"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 'public' to facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States," says the embassy
The US Embassy in Dhaka has asked that Bangladeshi students and exchange participants applying for F, M, or J category visas adjust the privacy settings of their social media accounts to "public."
"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 'public' to facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States," the embassy posted on its verified Facebook page last night (26 June).
The Trump administration had halted the scheduling of student visa appointments in late May as it prepared to step up measures to restrict applicants deemed hostile to the US.
Earlier on 18 June, the US State Department said the country will resume scheduling appointments for international student visas, but with the new requirement that applicants must make their social media public for 'enhanced screening'.
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The vetting was expanded in order to check applicants and search for "any indications of hostility toward the citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles of the United States," reported the BBC.
