America New Visa Policy: Donald Trump administration has made a major change in the rules of America visa. Under the new order, people doing work like fact-checking, content moderation, online safety, trust and safety or compliance will not be allowed to enter the US. This instruction has been issued through a memo of the State Department, information about which has been given by Reuters. Experts believe that this decision will have the biggest impact on tech sector employees and especially those applying from countries like India.
The new rules state that visa officers will now have to check the professional background, job responsibilities, LinkedIn profile and social media activities of the applicants. If a person’s work is found to be related to an area that the administration considers to be a restriction on freedom of expression or censorship, his or her visa will be refused.
This rule will apply to all visa categories
Although this rule will apply to all visa categories, including journalists, tourists and job seekers, the biggest impact will be on H-1B visas. This visa is usually given to engineers, analysts and those working in digital roles working in tech companies and a large number of them are Indians. Experts say that due to this policy, those people who work in important and sensitive areas like protecting children online, stopping cyber bullying, monitoring hate speech or preventing sexual crimes on the internet will also be affected.
Governments in many countries are enforcing online security laws, and such professionals’ job is to protect people, not censorship, but they may now face difficulties traveling to the US.
Freedom of American citizens is the main reason
Trump administration took this step US citizens Said to protect freedom of expression. A State Department spokesperson said that the government will not welcome such foreign employees to America who come there and work to suppress the voices of American citizens on social media and online platforms. He said that doing so would be harmful for American society.
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Trump administration has banned the visas of many journalists
The Trump administration has already banned the visas of many journalists this year. Other than this government websites Information related to climate change was removed from the website, entry of journalists was banned during press briefings and legal action was also taken against media institutions.
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