“The U.S. is buttressing its paperwork walls with new requirements for social media disclosures as part of revised visa applications.” (…)
“The new questionnaire will ask for social media handles dating back over the last five years and biographical information dating back 15 years.” (…)
“Quoting an unnamed State Department official, Reuters reported that the additional information would only be requested when the department determines that ‘such information is required to confirm identity or conduct more rigorous national security vetting’.”
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