U.S. requires visa applicants to share social media information for security, warns of visa denial for omissions.
Describing each visa adjudication as a “national security decision”, the U.S. has asked applicants to share their social media usernames or handles for each platform they have used in the last five years.
The U.S. Embassy in India shared the information in a brief statement issued on Thursday (June 26, 2025), which also cautioned against “omitting” social media information, as it could lead to “visa denial and ineligibility for future visas.”
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