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Yep, applying for a US visa now. I wonder what the actual changes are, is someone in ICE stalking your FB looking for pro-Hillary memes or something? For anyone who actually needed a security clearance, they wouldn't need you to volunteer it.
I think it is more of a "perjury trap". If after admittance, they need a quick way to kick you out of the country they can dig into things and say you lied on the forms.
Lets say I disclose that social media account. The Immigration agent searches the other social media platforms, and the other people with my name show up. The agent then accuses me of lying on this question.
How do I prove that those other accounts aren't me?
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I think it is more of a "perjury trap". If after admittance, they need a quick way to kick you out of the country they can dig into things and say you lied on the forms.
Why wouldn't you tell the truth?
It potentially creates this scenario:
Missed one? You "lied." Buh-bye!
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> a huge honey trap to get people to even unintentionally "lie" so the USG can revoke anyone who enters the country's status at any time for any reason (super dangerous). of course, this is inarguably the case. they are also attempting to change the deportation rules for temporary residents to where you have to prove you haven't left the country in two years (which they can always claim is not proved to their level o…
That's even more ridiculous given the level of surveillance on the outbound side they have these days. There's no way someone could leave the country and then re-enter without CBP knowing.
I literally could not fill this out without perjuring myself. They say you need to list even unknown/closed/deleted accounts for the last five years. I don't know them all. This either feels like an out of touch attempt by an older generation who doesn't understand social media (only uses Facebook, etc), or a huge honey trap tricking people into inadvertently "lying" to the USG. They can then use these mistakes to th…
It'll be interesting if this helps push people towards using non-corporate social media. If you're only publishing stuff to your friends, there is nothing to check without the corporate backdoor.
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An immigration court isn't a real court. It is an executive "court" with appointed judges (essentially employees) and no judicial oversight. If you think of the three branches of government, immigration proceedings are squarely under the executive, the same branch trying to deport people.
Not true. Immigration determinations are appealable, with certain limitations, to the circuit courts of appeal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Office_for_Immigrati...
You can, under limited circumstances, appeal your case to a real court, but the primary court that most people being deported deal with is in the executive branch meaning the executive branch conducts a full deportation from inception to execution in almost all cases.
What if there was a GDPR removal request?
You still had that account. Yes, if the company complied with your GDPR request, there would be no record that you had it, but as far as the United States are concerned, you have to disclose it.
I literally could not fill this out without perjuring myself. They say you need to list even unknown/closed/deleted accounts for the last five years. I don't know them all. This either feels like an out of touch attempt by an older generation who doesn't understand social media (only uses Facebook, etc), or a huge honey trap tricking people into inadvertently "lying" to the USG. They can then use these mistakes to th…
Same. Thankfully both countries that I'm a national of are in ESTA program. On ESTA forms Social Media is an optional field.
Can someone familiar with the Visa process describe other personal information that is required so that we can compare the level of invasiveness?
Income. Job. Previous jobs. Previous travel. Previous residence. Entries to the US. Family member's biographic info (e.g. place of birth, DoB, etc). A medical screening in some cases for some communicable diseases (e.g. HIV used to be a ban, no longer, TB still is banned). Asking about spousal relationship (inc. personal questions) if it is a marriage based visa. This is a HUGE step up. There's nothing even ballpark…
Only for immigrant visas (green card). Ironically you could be spreading TB for years in the US on a student or work visa, but until you can apply for a green card they won't bother to check. I assume this is the legacy of a system where people used to be able to apply for green cards a lot sooner and spent little time on other visas.