By TOI World Desk
Publication Date: 2025-12-13 17:31:00
As the State Department begins social media vetting of all visa applicants, primarily H-1B, H-4 but also students and other non-immigrant visas, immigration lawyer Brad Bernstein explained that now there is unlikely to be any instant visa approval and immigration officials will go through all social media profiles of a candidate — looking for contradictions. If the social media profiles are locked, then there are chances that the visa request will be instantly canceled.
Everything that comes with your name on the Internet
Bernstein explained that immigration officials have been asked to check Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Snapchat, but the scrutiny may not remain limited to these popular social media platforms. They may check any resume posted on the Internet, any blog in your name or a YouTube comment — practically anything that comes up on the Internet on the applicant’s name.
‘Make sure your online life matches visa application’
The lawyer advised that applicants…
