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According to an announcement from the State Department, effective December 15, 2025, all H-1B visa applicants and their H-4 dependents are required to adjust the privacy settings of their social media profiles to "public" for online presence review/vetting by the relevant US consular posts.
Does this new H-1B online presence review/vetting requirement apply to H-1B1 (Singapore) visa applicants and their H-4 dependents? Currently, the answer is: Thankfully NO.
The US Embassy in Singapore has announced on its Facebook page that this H-1B online presence review "does not apply to H-1B1 Singaporean applicants and their H-4 derivatives." See screenshots below.
Therefore, H-1B1 (Singapore) visa applicants and their H-4 dependents technically do not have to change their social media privacy settings to "public".
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