Karachi:
According to the Karachi and Lahore consulates, the Pakistani candidates of the categories for the non -immigrant visa of F, M or J
“The instructions followed a similar council issued by the United States Embassy in New Delhi earlier this week. This decision was made after the administration of President Donald Trump ordered the resumption of appointments on student visas, accompanied by a much strict social media verification of the candidates.
“In force immediately, all persons requesting a non-immigrant visa f, M or J are requested to adjust the confidentiality parameters on all their social media accounts to the public ” in order to facilitate the necessary verification to establish their identity and their admissibility in the United States,” said consulates in the Instagram post.
The Post said that since 2019, the United States has forced visa candidates to provide social networks identifiers on immigrant and non-immigrant visa application forms. He added that candidates had to fill in social media identifiers and account handles for each platform on the request form.
F and M are different types of student visas, while the J Visa is an unstructed visa for approved people to participate in exchange visitors programs in the United States. “The omission of information on social networks on your request could lead to the denial of visa and ineligibility to future American visas,” warned the consulate.
The Trump administration interrupted the issuance of new education visas at the end of last month when it was thinking about new social media verification strategies. The United States has also targeted Chinese students for a special examination in the midst of tense negotiations on prices and the supply of rare metals and minerals in the United States.
The directive of the State Department has enabled diplomatic posts to resume planning of interviews for educational and exchange visas, but added that consular officers would carry out a “complete and in -depth verification” of all candidates requesting F, M and J.
Screening of the “anti-Semitic” activity corresponds to the similar councils given to the citizenship and immigration services of the United States under the Ministry of Internal Security and was criticized as an effort to suppress the opposition to the conduct of the War of Israel in Gaza.
