US Visa: If you want to go to America for studies, training or any other work, then now only passport, interview and documents will not be enough. Under the new US visa policy, it will now be mandatory for you to make the privacy settings of your social media accounts ‘public’. The US government has implemented this new rule for non-immigrant visa applicants of F, M and J categories, which will come into effect immediately.
The purpose of this change is to check the identity of the applicants through their digital activities and their eligibility to enter the US. Earlier this condition was applicable only on student visa (F1), but now every applicant will have to follow this rule.
This step has been taken with the aim of ensuring the national security of America, so that the possibility of entry through suspicious or false identity can be prevented. Therefore, if you are planning to go to America, then from now on social media has also become an important part of your visa application.
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 public to facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States… pic.twitter.com/xotcfc3Qdo
— U.S. Embassy India (@USAndIndia) June 23, 2025
The US Embassy said in a post on X (formerly Twitter),
“Every visa decision is a national security decision. Therefore, applicants must set the privacy settings of all their personal social media accounts to ‘public’, which will allow verification of their identity and legitimacy in the US.”
To which visa categories will this rule apply?
- This rule in particular
- F visa: Students pursuing academic studies
- M Visa: Vocational/Technical Course Students
- J visa: People participating in exchange visitor programs such as internships, research, etc.
US Visa : Impact on Indian students
Every year, lakhs of students from India go to the US on F and J visas. With this decision, they will now have to put all their social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn etc. on public mode so that they can be screened. This decision may raise privacy concerns for many people, but it will be a mandatory part of the visa application process.
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