State Dept. restarts student visa interviews with tougher social media rules
The State Department is restarting interviews for new student visas and installing stricter social media guidelines, including a requirement that all applicants have their accounts set to public to be scrutinized for hostility toward the United States, according to a State Department cable sent to embassies and consulates Wednesday and obtained by The Washington Post.
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