New Delhi, July 15 -- Days after the US State Department directed all student visitors applying for F, M, or J non-immigrant visas to adjust the privacy settings on their social media accounts to 'public', a social media user has shared their ordeal online, claiming their application was 'put on hold' after they failed to disclose details about their Reddit account.

"I had my F-1 visa interview recently. During the interview, the visa officer raised a concern about my Reddit account, which I had not listed on my DS-160 form," wrote the original poster on one of the visa-related subreddits.

The user claimed their account was public and did not contain any offensive posts.

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