State Department Expands Social Media Vetting to H-1B Visa Applicants Starting December 2025
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Summary
The U.S. State Department is expanding its digital vetting process to require H-1B visa workers and their H-4 dependent family members to make their social media profiles public for consular officers to review. Starting December 15, 2025, this new requirement brings H-1B applicants under the same level of social media scrutiny that previously applied primarily to student and exchange visitor visa categories (F, M, and J). The policy change affects hundreds of thousands of visa applicants and represents a significant expansion of the government's online screening procedures for immigration purposes.
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Until now, routine social-media screening primarily applied to student and exchange visitor categories (F, M, and J). The new guidance brings H-1B workers and their spouses under the same level of scrutiny.
The State Department has announced a major expansion of its digital-vetting process that will affect hundreds of thousands of H-1B workers and their H-4 dependents.
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