{"id":472233,"date":"2025-06-20T15:13:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/individuals-applying-for-a-nonimmigrant-visa-type-f-m-or-j-must-set-their-social-media-profile-to-public\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:13:30","slug":"individuals-applying-for-a-nonimmigrant-visa-type-f-m-or-j-must-set-their-social-media-profile-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/individuals-applying-for-a-nonimmigrant-visa-type-f-m-or-j-must-set-their-social-media-profile-to-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa type F, M, or J must set their social media profile to &#8220;public&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.- <\/strong>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/do.usembassy.gov\/es\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/do.usembassy.gov\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Embassy<\/a> <\/strong>in <strong>Dominican Republic<\/strong>, announced this Friday that people applying for a non-immigrant visa type F, M or J <strong>must adjust the privacy settings of their social networks to \u201cpublic\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n&#8220;This allows the necessary checks to be carried out to confirm their identity and determine if they meet the requirements to enter the United States, in accordance with U.S. law,&#8221; the embassy indicated in a statement.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">A partir de este momento, las personas que soliciten una visa de no inmigrante tipo F, M o J deber\u00e1n ajustar la configuraci\u00f3n de privacidad de sus redes sociales a \u201cp\u00fablico\u201d. Esto permite realizar las verificaciones necesarias para confirmar su identidad y determinar si cumplen\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OT2yMWPCrs\">pic.twitter.com\/OT2yMWPCrs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; EmbajadaUSAenRD (@EmbajadaUSAenRD) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmbajadaUSAenRD\/status\/1936117107529482498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<strong>Social media profile can influence a visa application<\/strong>, especially in countries where immigration authorities include the <strong>digital history as part of the security assessment process<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/embajada-eeuu-tragedia-jet-set\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/embajada-eeuu-tragedia-jet-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Embassy in DR expresses solidarity with those affected by the Jet Set tragedy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAccording to the data, since 2019, the United States Department of State requires most visa applicants to provide their <strong>social media usernames<\/strong> (such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.) from the last 5 years.\n\nThis applies to <strong>tourism, study, work, and residency visas<\/strong>. Passwords are not requested, but <strong>public usernames are.<\/strong>\n\nThe authorities may use this information to detect <strong>links to suspicious activities, extremist speech, or contradictions with what was declared in the application<\/strong>.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What things could negatively affect?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Violent, extremist, or xenophobic publications<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lies<\/strong> in your application that do not match what is published on social media (for example, saying you are a student and showing a life of illegal work)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Simulation of romantic relationships<\/strong> for a partner visa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Activism considered sensitive or political in countries with stricter controls<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- The United States Embassy in Dominican Republic, announced this Friday that people applying for a non-immigrant visa type F, M or J must adjust the privacy settings of their social networks to \u201cpublic\u201d. &#8220;This allows the necessary checks to be carried out to confirm their identity and determine if they meet the requirements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":472235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[41294,41350,18380],"class_list":["post-472233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-immigrants","tag-social-media","tag-visa"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1YQF","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-64-1.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-64-1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}