Since June 2025, U.S. consular officers must review every F1 applicant's entire digital footprint before making a decision. 61% of Indian applicants were refused in 2025. We run the same checks they run, based on public State Department, FAM, and INA guidance, and show you exactly what to delete before they see it.
The evidence
Every number below is public U.S. government data: State Department refusal figures, the June 18, 2025 cable, and Foreign Affairs Manual guidance. You can read every primary source yourself.
U.S. Department of State · Bureau of Consular Affairs · FY2025 · Cable 25 STATE 65987 · June 18, 2025 · 9 FAM
The double standard
It doesn't feel fair because it isn't. An Indian F1 applicant with the same admission letter, the same funding, and the same dream is refused at 61%, while a European applicant walks through at 9%.
You can't change how the system works. But you can control every single thing it sees. So let's make sure there is nothing left to flag. Not one post, not one photo, not one follow.
Applicant A
New Delhi
Refusal rate
0%
Applicant B
Vienna
Refusal rate
0%
Before your interview
Before you ever sit at the window, your public digital footprint is assembled into a screening file. Here is how it happens, and how you clean it before anyone reviews it.
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One scan. Nine platforms. 74 checks. Know exactly what to delete before they ever look.