Irish students seeking to travel to the United States will be subject to stricter visa application vetting measures as announced by the US Embassy. Starting now, applicants for F, M, and J non-immigrant visas must adjust their social media profiles to public and provide usernames for platforms used over the last five years. The embassy emphasizes that failure to disclose social media accounts could result in visa denial. With national security in mind, the embassy insists that vetting procedures will be comprehensive, reflecting a broader trend in stringent immigration policies.
"To facilitate this vetting, all applicants for F, M, and J non-immigrant visas will be instructed to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media profiles to 'public'."
"Omitting social media information could lead to visa denial and ineligibility for future visas," the Embassy said.
"We will conduct a comprehensive and thorough vetting, including online presence, of all student and exchange visitor applicants in the F, M, and J non-immigrant classifications."
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