US visa applications may soon require five years of social media info

[Spartan]

The State Department wants to require all US visa applicants, both immigrant and non, disclose their social media handles to the US government, CNN reports. In documents that the department will file to the Federal Register tomorrow, it proposes that nearly every individual applying for a US visa be required to hand over any social media handles used on certain platforms in the past five years as well as submit any telephone numbers and email addresses used during that same time period.

Previously, this information was only requested from visa applicants who required more rigorous scrutiny -- such as those who had traveled to regions with notable terrorist activity. But once enacted, these rule changes will require nearly all applicants submit this information, with the only potential exceptions being those applying for diplomatic and official visas. However, even they may have to provide their social media info, as the State Department's documents only say "most" won't be "routinely" asked for it.

Last year, the Department of Homeland Security introduced a new rule that allows social media information to be included in immigrants' official records. But the move to incorporate social media handles and searches into visa application protocols precedes the Trump administration.

The State Department's proposed changes also include questions about immigrants' travel, whether they've been deported or removed from another country and if any of their relatives have been associated with terrorist activities. Applicants will also have the option to disclose social media handles used on platforms not listed on the questionnaire. Approximately 15 million visa applicants stand to be affected by the change.

Once the planned rule change is filed to the Federal Register on Friday, the public will have 60 days to comment on it.

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[Spartan]

[ARYA]

[LordOfMud]

The controversial H-1B non-immigrant visa used heavily by Silicon Valley tech firms to acquire talent is much more widely used by companies in New York and Texas, according to new research. From 2010 to 2016, employment of foreign workers with H-1B visas was centered in East Coast metropolitan areas, along with significant numbers in Texas, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday, basing its findings on government data on 68 metro areas obtained via a public-records request. “Demand for the high-skilled worker visas has boomed in recent years, and the H-1B program is now the primary way employers in the U.S. hire high-skilled foreign workers,” Pew said. Almost a third of the visas, which are intended for workers in jobs requiring specialized knowledge and a bachelor’s degree or higher, went to businesses in greater New York City, with  Dallas and Washington, D.C. having the next-highest numbers of approved visas, Pew reported.

Klondike Mike 3 hr ago

I'm in the Midwest and we have tons of H1Bs at major companies. And they aren't that "high skilled". This idea that these workers are all PhDs from Ivy-League schools is a total fabrication. They are mostly podunk programmers from backwater places in India that can barely tie their own shoelaces.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/bddc1b87-8dc2-3b26-a22a-662d7d9d5d6b/ss_h-1b%3A-silicon-valley-doesn’t.html

[boeing747]

Gattigaa na or suthimethagaa na

[princeofheaven]

25 minutes ago, Spartan said:

The State Department wants to require all US visa applicants, both immigrant and non, disclose their social media handles to the US government, CNN reports. In documents that the department will file to the Federal Register tomorrow, it proposes that nearly every individual applying for a US visa be required to hand over any social media handles used on certain platforms in the past five years as well as submit any telephone numbers and email addresses used during that same time period.

Previously, this information was only requested from visa applicants who required more rigorous scrutiny -- such as those who had traveled to regions with notable terrorist activity. But once enacted, these rule changes will require nearly all applicants submit this information, with the only potential exceptions being those applying for diplomatic and official visas. However, even they may have to provide their social media info, as the State Department's documents only say "most" won't be "routinely" asked for it.

Last year, the Department of Homeland Security introduced a new rule that allows social media information to be included in immigrants' official records. But the move to incorporate social media handles and searches into visa application protocols precedes the Trump administration.

The State Department's proposed changes also include questions about immigrants' travel, whether they've been deported or removed from another country and if any of their relatives have been associated with terrorist activities. Applicants will also have the option to disclose social media handles used on platforms not listed on the questionnaire. Approximately 15 million visa applicants stand to be affected by the change.

Once the planned rule change is filed to the Federal Register on Friday, the public will have 60 days to comment on it.

antha assamey enni FB ID's linkedin Id's unnayo nake gurthu ledu. AFDB id kuda social media kinda ostada???

[Spartan]

3 minutes ago, princeofheaven said:

antha assamey enni FB ID's linkedin Id's unnayo nake gurthu ledu. AFDB id kuda social media kinda ostada???

i will provide only LinkedIn.

[ronitreddy]

Appdu eppudo sepparu..malli achinda news

[Spartan]

Just now, ronitreddy said:

Appdu eppudo sepparu..malli achinda news

repu registry entry ki muhurtam.