{"id":168747,"date":"2025-07-08T10:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/us-embassy-screens-nigerian-students-social-media"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:02:32","slug":"us-embassy-screens-nigerian-students-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-embassy-screens-nigerian-students-social-media","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy Screens Nigerian Students&#8217; Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced the commencement of fresh guidelines for all applicants for F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas seeking to study or participate in exchange programmes in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The consulate noted that all F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas must now adjust their social media accounts\u2019 privacy settings to \u201cpublic,\u201d in its new social media rule.<\/p>\n<p>The mission stated that applicants in those categories must now set their personal social media profiles to public as part of a new visa requirement.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known on the United States Diplomatic Mission Nigeria\u2019s official X page on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The US embassy noted the update was effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffective immediately, all individuals applying for an F, M, or J nonimmigrant visa are requested to adjust the privacy settings on all of their personal social media accounts to \u2018public,&#8217;\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>According to the consulate, the change is meant to complement vetting efforts aimed at determining applicants\u2019 identities and their admissibility to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that on June 18, 2025, the US Department of State published on its website that under the new guidance, which would require the vetting of F, M, and J nonimmigrant classification applicants social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The US had maintained that its visa \u201cis a privilege, not a right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced the commencement of fresh guidelines for all applicants for F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas seeking to study or participate in exchange programmes in the US. 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