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US starts requiring social media details for visas @ 2019-06-03T00: Back Hot News
Keyword:social media visa applicants
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FROM THIS MONTH, ALMOST ALL VISA APPLICANTS LOOKING TO TRAVEL OR IMMIGRATE TO THE US WILL HAVE TO LIST FIVE YEARS WORTH OF SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES ON THEIR VISA APPLICATIONS, A MOVE FIRST PROPOSED LAST YEAR (PDF) AS PART OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION』S 「EXTREME VETTING」 POLICY TOWARD VISITORS. APPLICANTS WILL ALSO HAVE TO SUPPLY FIVE YEARS OF EMAIL ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS. THESE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH PREVIOUSLY ONLY APPLIED TO APPLICANTS FLAGGED FOR ADDITIONAL VETTING, ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT APPROXIMATELY 15 MILLION VISA APPLICANTS ANNUALLY.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AN AVID FAN OF SOCIAL MEDIA SITE TWITTER, CONTROVERSIALLY ISSUED AN ORDER TWO YEARS AGO TO HAVE "EXTREME VETTING" PUT IN PLACE. THE NEW SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY KICKED IN ON FRIDAY.
NEARLY ALL APPLICANTS FOR US VISAS WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA DETAILS UNDER NEW RULES.
FIRST, DHS NOW USES SOCIAL MEDIA IN NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF ITS IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS. PARTICIPANTS IN THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM, FOR INSTANCE — LARGELY TRAVELERS FROM WESTERN EUROPE — HAVE BEEN ASKED SINCE LATE 2016 TO VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RECENTLY WON APPROVAL TO DEMAND THE SAME OF ALL VISA APPLICANTS, NEARLY 15 MILLION PEOPLE PER YEAR; THIS DATA WILL BE VETTED AGAINST DHS HOLDINGS. WHILE INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA MAY NOT BE THE SOLE BASIS FOR DENIAL, IT COULD EASILY BE COMBINED WITH OTHER FACTORS TO JUSTIFY EXCLUSION, A PROCESS THAT IS LIKELY TO HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON MUSLIM TRAVELERS AND THOSE COMING FROM LATIN AMERICA.
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS: US DEMANDS SOCIAL MEDIA DETAILS FROM VISA APPLICANTS
5-YEAR SOCIAL MEDIA DETAILS
FOLLOWING HER CLAIMS, THE US EMBASSY TOLD THE JERUSALEM POST THAT "VISA RECORDS ARE CONFIDENTIAL UNDER US LAW; THEREFORE, WE CANNOT DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL VISA CASES."
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