A proposed State Department form would require all US visa applicants to disclose their social media handles, according to a Bloomberg report. The requirement is significantly broader than previous filings, which had made disclosure voluntary and applied to only a portion of visa applicants identified for extra scrutiny. The public has 60 days to comment on the proposal; comments can be sent to PRA_BurdenComments@state.gov.
The new forms will list specific social media platforms and require applicants to “provide any identifiers used by applicants for those platforms during the five years preceding the date of application.” Platforms may be added or removed as the system develops.
It’s the latest in an ongoing effort to collect more...
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