The State Department Resumes Student and Exchange Visitor Visas with a Focus on Their Social Media Presence! Learn How This Social Media Presence Will Impact the Workplace!
Duration: 90 Minutes
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Margie Faulk
The webinar discusses the effects of an applicant's refusal of a directive related to National Security on the Visa selection process, emphasizing its impact on applicant numbers and mentioning additional workplace visa provisions from the Department of Labor.
Overview
The U.S. Department of State has announced resumption of student and exchange visitor visa processing, along with expanded digital vetting procedures.
The June 18, 2025, press release, “Announcement of Expanded Screening and Vetting for Visa Applicants,” aligns with guidance issued the same day to consular posts in a cable, “Action Request: Expanding Screening and Vetting for FMJ Applicants.” These show a substantial shift in the F, M, and J visa process and that an applicant’s digital presence now carries significant weight in the applicant’s visa eligibility. Applicants can expect the new screening process to slow down visa approvals.
Under the new policy, once an F, M, or J visa applicant is determined to be eligible for nonimmigrant status, they must still be refused under INA § 221(g) to allow for enhanced post-interview vetting of their online presence. This applies to both first-time and returning applicants.
Why you should Attend
Consular officers are now instructed to thoroughly examine an applicant’s complete online presence, extending beyond social media platforms. Applicants are required to make their social media profiles public, and officers may create their own accounts to view content. If an applicant’s accounts are private or inaccessible, officers are instructed to treat this as a failure to provide required information and assess whether it suggests evasiveness or calls the applicant’s credibility into question. This vetting is focused on hostility to the US. The vetting process may also include other digital footprints, such as blogs, publications, or online affiliations.
Areas Covered in the Session
- Learn when this policy was effective and how it impacts Visas
- Learn how this policy will be implemented
- Learn what Visas are impacted and which are exempt from the policy
- Learn how the State Department plans to prioritize certain Visa applicants
- Learn what happens if an applicant refuses the directive
- Learn what the National Security Focus is for this provision
- Learn how this provision will impact the Visa selection process
- Learn how the provision has impacted the number of applicants requesting these Visas
- Learn what other provisions were instituted for workplace visas by the Department of Labor
Who Will Benefit
- All Employers
- Business Owners
- Company Leadership
- Compliance professionals
- HR Professionals
- Managers/Supervisors
Speaker Profile
This includes Federal Contracting in the defense, military, anti-Terrorism and Apache Helicopter Training Simulations with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Federal Sentencing Guidelines (FSG) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP). Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.
Margie's focus has expanded to Global Workplace Compliance in International, multi-state, multi-National, state and local workplace compliance which includes workplace compliance in other countries like the UK, Canada, France, Brazil, China, Africa, Mexico and India, just to name a few. Margie has created and presented seminars/webinars for many compliance institutes. These national training providers, offer compliance training to HR professionals, business owners and companies interested in having their company compliant with workplace and industry regulations. Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).
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