The US State Department restarts student visa interviews and requires all applicants to make their social media accounts public for vetting by US embassies
The new requirements could affect hundreds of thousands of visa applications each year, raising concerns about staffing requirements.
Washington Post
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Discussion
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NewsMax.com
James Morley III
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Feds to Screen Student Visa Applicants' Social Media
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@evelyndouek
Evelyn Douek
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Welcome to the US, where public debate is “uninhibited, robust, and wide-open”! Remember not to say anything mean about any Americans and enjoy your stay! [embedded post]
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@solnatamd.medsky.social
@solnatamd.medsky.social
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In the rain of badness, some good news. J1 visa pause is lifted & new residents will be coming for training! — “Embassies should prioritize interviewing physicians applying for a “J-1” visa for educational exchange”
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@donmoyn
Don Moynihan
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3. A smaller State Dept will devote its employees time to reading social media posts. What a waste of tax dollars. — 4. More administrative burdens = fewer visas. — 5. These guys made campus speech a central issue to their culture war and as lots of us predicted, their goal …
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@robertscotthorton
Scott Horton
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DOS announces: if you want a student visa and you wrote something not nice about the Fearless Leader in social media, you're out luck. www.washingtonpost.com/national- sec...
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@merrirrro
Marie
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Not gifting this article because it makes no sense! ICE is forcibly removing those with student visas, those who have followed all requirements for immigration appointments, and those who have green cards. This feels like a trap created by Noem. — www.washingtonpost.com/natio…
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@harrymccracken@mastodon.social
Harry McCracken
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The first person who springs to mind when I think of someone exhibiting “hostility towards the citizens, culture, government, institutions or founding principles of the United States” on social media isn't a visiting student. https://www.politico.com/...
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State Department unveils social media screening rules for all student visa applicants
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State Department unveils social media screening rules for all student visa applicants