State Department now requires U.S. visa applicants to share social media accounts

The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. It's a vast expansion of the Trump administration's enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visitors.

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In a move that's just taken effect after approval of the revised application forms, the department says it has updated its immigrant and nonimmigrant visa forms to request the additional information, including "social media identifiers," from almost all U.S. applicants.

The change, which was proposed in March 2018, is expected to affect about 15 million foreigners who apply for visas to enter the United States each year.

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Rory Gonzalez says...

Social media accounts are very important to the owner.

We even have unique usernames and passwords for it to be safe from hackers and to anyone who just want to use it against you. Try to read articles

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