Pakistani applicants for categories F, M or J of non -immigrants were informed by the consulates of the United States in Karachi and Lahore on Thursday to make their social media accounts public for research research, according to a report.
The instructions followed a similar advice issued by the United States Embassy in New Delhi earlier this week. The measure occurred after the administration of President Donald Trump ordered the resumption of the appointments of student visas, accompanied by an investigation of applicants of significantly more strict social media applicants.
“From immediately, all people requesting a non -immigrant visa F, M or J are requested to adjust the privacy settings in all their social media accounts to ‘public’ to facilitate the necessary research to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States,” said consulates in an Instagram post.
The publication declared that since 2019, the United States has required that Visa applicants provide social network identifiers in immigrant and non -immigrant visa application forms. He added that applicants must complete social media identifiers and account mangoes for each platform in the application form.
F and M are different types of students’ visas, while Visa J is a non -immigrant visa for people approved to participate in change visitors programs in the United States. “Omitting information on social networks about its application could lead to the denial of visas and inelegability for future visas of the United States,” warned the consulate.
