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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas (www.thejournal.ie)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's for F, M, and J visas, not tourists. F visas are for academic students, M is for vocational/non-academic study, and J is for work/study programs. None of them are for immigration.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    As a tourist applying for USA visa waiver they wanted social media username/links. But they only had slots for Facebook, twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Apparently fediverse hasn't hit their radar.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    No Facebook since 2016. No Twitter since ... I want to say 2021? It was sometime after the COVID-19 blow-up, fairly soon afterward. Never had Instagram or LinkedIn.

    I guess I get bounced.

    No, wait! They can't bounce me! I swore off setting foot on US soil ever again in 1999.

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