{"id":23496,"date":"2019-08-02T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T22:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=23496"},"modified":"2019-08-02T18:10:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T23:10:48","slug":"jiteshwar-attri-usa-visa-vetting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/jiteshwar-attri-usa-visa-vetting\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme USA Visa Vetting Makes This Indian American Family\u2019s Trip to India a Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"
A sizeable number of Indians in the United States are not crossing the border to visit India due to their fear of visa denial under the current circumstances<\/strong> of additional scrutiny in the form of social media vetting for national security. Those who become a target of the USA\u2019s extreme social media vetting policy are required to furnish the form DS-5535 with details of their social media activity, employment history, residence, travel, family, and the email IDs and phone numbers they have used in the past 5 years.<\/p>\n Surprisingly, USCIS\u2019 extreme visa vetting policy turned an Indian American family\u2019s trip to India into a nightmare by obstructing the return of an H4<\/span><\/a> dependent of the family to the United States, of late. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n