U.S. Seeks Social Media Information From Visa Applicants

April 2, 2018
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The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage. The department is seeking public comment on proposals to ask applicants for both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas to list all social media user names used over the past five years. Other new questions being proposed would ask applicants to provide a five-year history of their telephone numbers^ email addresses and international travel; to list previous immigration violations or deportations; and to disclose whether “specified” family members have been involved in terrorist activities.

Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/04/02/us-seeks-social-media-information-visa-applicants