Amid the US government’s new social media vetting policy for H-1B visa applicants and their H-4 dependents, appointments across consulates in India have been postponed or rescheduled, with the US Embassy issuing an advisory on the immigration process.

The US Mission in India confirmed that visa appointments scheduled for December and the coming weeks had been shifted, with immigration attorneys saying many were pushed to March to allow time for the social media vetting.

The embassy warned that arriving on the previously scheduled appointment date "will result in your being denied admittance to the Embassy or Consulate."

According to a report in TOI , H-1B and H-4 visa appointments scheduled for mid to late December at the US consulates in Hyderabad and Chennai have been ca

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