The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) itself has confirmed that social media activity can now influence visa-related decisions.

US immigration officials say the Donald Trump administration could deny visas or residency to people who post content deemed anti-Semitic. “There is no place in the US for terrorist sympathizers from around the world, and we are under no obligation to allow them to enter or remain in the United States,” Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, said in a statement.

Now the question is, what kind of Facebook, Twitter or Instagram posts can get your visa cancelled? So the US has explained this very well too. According to USCIS, social media activity in the name of anti-Semitic posts will also be banned. These include posts supporting terrorist groups like Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The US considers all of these to be terrorist organizations.

According to the Economic Times, the statement said that the US Citizenship and Immigration Service will consider social media content as a ‘negative factor’ that indicates that a foreign person is supporting, promoting or advocating anti-Semitic terrorism, anti-Semitic terrorist organizations or other anti-Semitic activities.

The policy will take effect immediately and will apply to requests for student visas and permanent resident ‘green cards’ to stay in the United States. In fact, this official statement comes at a time when the Trump administration has canceled the visas of hundreds of international students within the US in the past few weeks. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in March that they have canceled the visas of about 300 people and that they are doing so daily.

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The US State Department has released the Visa Bulletin for May 2025, which gives information about the cutoff dates for family and employment-based visa categories. This time the bulletin has brought some important indications for the people applying from India.

Family based Visa categories: Relief in F2A

There is no change in the Final Action Dates for Family-Sponsored Preferences this month. The dates for all categories for India – F1, F2A, F2B, F3 and F4 – remain the same as in April.

However, there has been an important change in the filing dates. The filing date for the F2A category (spouses and children of permanent residents) has been extended from October 15, 2024 to February 1, 2025, which will give more applicants in this category an opportunity to submit applications.

Employment-based visa categories: Progress for EB-3, setback for EB-5

Among the employment-based categories, there has been some relaxation for applicants from India in the EB-3 category (skilled workers and professionals). Its final action date has been extended from April 1, 2013 to April 15, 2013. A similar change has been made in the “other workers” category.

In contrast, the cutoff date for the EB-5 Unreserved category has been pushed back from November 1, 2019 to May 1, 2019, which may limit visa prospects for many Indian investor applicants for the time being.

Visa filing dates remain steady

There have been no changes to filing dates for employment-based categories, indicating that the State Department intends to keep the pace of application review steady for now.

Why is Visa Bulletin important?

The Visa Bulletin plays a central role in the US green card process. It tells applicants when they can file their applications and when they should expect a final decision. It consists of two major sections.

Final Action Dates – When a decision on the visa application can be made.

Dates for Filing – When the application can be submitted, even if the visa number is not yet available for decision.

What is its effect?

The May 2025 bulletin indicates that thousands of Indian applicants queuing up for permanent residence in the US will now have a chance to move forward in some categories, while for some the wait may be longer.

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