Washington D.C., June 23: The United States Embassy in India on Monday announced a new rule for visa applicants. It has announced that from now on all the people who are applying for F, M, or J nonimmigrant visas must change their social media settings from private to public.The embassy has claimed that the move will help them to check the identity of the applicants and will also lead them to take the decision on their entry into the country under the U.S. law.It also stated that the U.S. government has been asking visa applicants to provide their social media usernames on visa forms since 2019. This includes both immigrant and nonimmigrant visa forms.The U.S. uses these information during visa screening and vetting to find out if someone is ineligible to enter the country, especially if they might be a threat to national security.The Embassy shared the details about the development in their official social media account and said, "Every visa decision is a national security decision. This new step helps the U.S. government to verify the applicant's identity and check their background more effectively."It also said, "Every visa adjudication is a national security decision. Effective immediately, all individuals applying for an F, M, or J nonimmigrant visa are requested to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media accounts to public to facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States under U.S. law."The tweet further read, "Since 2019, the United States has required visa applicants to provide social media identifiers on immigrant and nonimmigrant visa application forms. We use all available information in our visa screening and vetting to identify visa applicants who are inadmissible to the United States, including those who pose a threat to U.S. national security."