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1andrew1

02-06-2019 23:09

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35997679)

This is nothing really that new....

...but any excuse to have a bash @ Trump, I guess.

A British Couple were denied entry in 2012 (During Obama's Presidency) for tweeting they were looking forward to absolutely destroying America. What they meant was have a good time, U.S did not see it this way and treated them as a terrorist threat with that single tweet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810312

What's the same is that the US monitors social posts. What's new is the emphasis being on applicants to proactively disclose their social media accounts as appose to the US authorities researching them as they did before.
I suspect it's not Trump-originated legislation, more a reaction to the scale of social media around these days and the costs involved.

jonbxx

03-06-2019 08:53

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Last year, our working immigration team recommended that anyone who traveled to the US has some kind of social media profile somewhere to aid travel to the US. This included ESTA applications which do have an optional section for social media profiles.

Basically, you you do not exist on social media, that immediately raises some red flags at Homeland Security.

Mr K	03-06-2019 09:14

Re: US adopt strict rules for Visa applicants

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Originally Posted by jonbxx (Post 35997711)

Last year, our working immigration team recommended that anyone who traveled to the US has some kind of social media profile somewhere to aid travel to the US. This included ESTA applications which do have an optional section for social media profiles.

Basically, you you do not exist on social media, that immediately raises some red flags at Homeland Security.

Raises concerns that you have a life ? ;)

denphone

03-06-2019 09:17

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35997714)

Raises concerns that you have a life ? ;)

Pretty pathetic ain't it...

jonbxx

03-06-2019 12:07

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35997714)

Raises concerns that you have a life ? ;)

Not like having nearly 5,000 posts on a Cable Forum ;)

The list does include LinkedIn as well as the fun ones. The list of applicable social media platforms is in this article - https://thepointsguy.com/news/select...edia-accounts/

Stephen

04-06-2019 20:12

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35997616)

Thanks - they didn’t have that question the last time I applied (November 2016).

I did apply for an ESTA in Feb 2016 and the social media question was on there, although it was not mandatory to provide the information.

RichardCoulter

05-06-2019 02:43

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Originally Posted by Anonymouse (Post 35997628)

No, nor me; for one thing it's none of Trump's business - or anyone else's, for that matter - what I do on social media...and for another, I don't do anything on social media!

I've never had a Facebook account/profile/whatever the damn thing's called. I've never used Twitter and don't ever intend to. This and Fireflyfans.net are the only message boards I frequent these days.

No, I think any possible visit even as a tourist (because how long will it be before this applies to tourists as well? Thin end of the wedge...) will have to wait until the current nonsense, i.e. Trump's presidency, is consigned to the dustbin of American history where it belongs.

Well, message boards/forums are literally a form of social media, but whether America will class them as such IDK.

If anyone desperately wants to go to live in America, they could always delete selected posts on Facebook (not sure if you can do this with the others) or ask forums to delete any posts that might be troublesome.

jonbxx

05-06-2019 09:05

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35997983)

It seems to be mostly pure social media platforms plus, strangely Ask.FM and YouTube;

Ask.FM
Douban
Facebook
Flickr
Google+
Instagram
LinkedIn
Myspace
Pinterest
QZone(QQ)
REDDIT
SINA WEIBO
TENCENT WEIBO
TUMBLR
TWITTER
TWOO
VINE
VKONTAKTE(VK)
YOUKU
YOUTUBE

mrmistoffelees

05-06-2019 09:47

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People not being happy about this should undergo either the Global Entry program or DV clearance THEN they would have something to not be happy about

jonbxx

05-06-2019 16:32

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35998006)

People not being happy about this should undergo either the Global Entry program or DV clearance THEN they would have something to not be happy about

Hah! Toyed with Global Entry but it really wasn't worth the hassle for 4-5 trips a year...

Mind you, one of my work buddies is a US citizen and getting in to the UK sounds like a right pain too, and really expensive in terms of visa costs

1andrew1

05-06-2019 17:32

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Originally Posted by jonbxx (Post 35998066)

Maybe these issues can be sorted as part of any UK-US trade deal?

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