Bengaluru: Students who wish to study in the United States under the F, M, or J non-immigrant visa categories will now be required to set their social media accounts to ‘public’ as part of the visa application process.

U.S. Embassy mandates social media to be public for F, M, and J visa applicants to ensure identity verification.

Beginning June 2025, those applying for F, M, and J visas to the U.S. must reveal all social media usernames used in the past five years, as announced this week by the embassies.