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State Department Resumes Student, Exchange Visitor Visa Processing with Focus on Online Presence

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The U.S. Department of State has announced resumption of student and exchange visitor visa processing, along with expanded digital vetting procedures. The June 18, 2025, press release, “Announcement of Expanded Screening and...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

U.S. Department of State Pauses Student and Exchange Visitor Visa Appointments

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Last week, an internal U.S. Department of State (DOS) correspondence pertaining to visa processing for international student and exchange visitors in the F, M, and J visa classifications was leaked and published by various...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Department of State Temporarily Suspends Visa Interviews for Foreign Students & Exchange Visitors

On May 27, 2025, the Department of State issued a cable instructing U.S. Embassies and Consulates to pause scheduling new visa appointments for foreign nationals seeking to obtain student and exchange visitor visas (F, M, and...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

U.S. Department Of State Imposes Additional Vetting For Visa Applicants Heading To The United States

The U.S. Department of State has added a new social media question to its immigrant and nonimmigrant visa application forms. Effective June 1, applicants filling out Forms DS-160 and DS-260 must provide the government with...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Visa Applicants Coming to the U.S.? Not Without Disclosing Social Media Handles

On May 30, 2019, the United States began requiring that visa applicants provide the social media identifiers for all accounts used within the last five years. ...more

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New DS-160 Form Seeks Social Media Information, Affecting Millions Of Visa Applicants

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Two years ago, then-Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, proposed collecting 15 years of travel, address and employment history and 5 years of social medical platforms, identifiers, phone numbers and emails from visa applicants...more

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