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Previously the State Department had required only visitors to the US who where coming from specific regions to turn over more social control media information. Now Engadget and CNN tell of the following proposed changes which are now posted in the Federal Register and entering their 60 period for public comment.
From Engadget:
In documents that the department will file to the Federal Register tomorrow [ed: 2018-03-30], 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.
The State Department will accept public comments until near the end of May.
Sources:
Engadget: US visa applications may soon require five years of social media info
CNN: US to require would-be immigrants to turn over social media handles
[ed: no actual DS-160 or DS-156 forms seem to be available for download or review.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/forms/ds-160-online-nonimmigrant-visa-application.html ]
(Score: 4, Insightful) by frojack on Sunday April 01 2018, @10:14PM (7 children)
Yes, please stay away. (No disrespect intended). Financial punishment is the only thing the US government understands.
There is a 20 Billion Monthly INFLOW of travel related expenditures by visitors to the US.
This is balanced by a 15 Billion Dollar Monthly OUTFLOW of money to other countries when US citizens travel abroad.
https://travel.trade.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/Monthly_Exports_Imports_Balance.xlsx [trade.gov] (yes, its a spread sheet FCS).
Shut off the Inflow, (or damp it down a bunch), and guess who loses: US travel industry and the tax authorities.
While the US has had a 5 billion dollar monthly balance of travel related trade surplus for years, this dropped by 17.8% from 2016 to 2017. Apparently that wasn't enough for anyone to get the message.
The Grand Canyon will still be there when this nonsense passes.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Monday April 02 2018, @12:47AM (1 child)
"The Grand Canyon will still be there when this nonsense passes."
But will Yellowstone?
:0
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 02 2018, @09:00AM
Well, yes, of course it will still be there. You may reasonably expect some remodeling, with possibly the addition of a mountain and/or crater. But, it will still be there!
(Score: 2) by tonyPick on Monday April 02 2018, @08:32AM (2 children)
You, sir, are an optimist. The tweet "Nuclear wars are good, and easy to win" wouldn't even qualify as the dumbest thing to come out of the current administration this _week_.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 02 2018, @05:51PM
And its only Monday...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 02 2018, @09:46PM
That's Trade Wars dumbass. They make is so easy to shit upon them and you still fucked it up.
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Monday April 02 2018, @09:36AM
While this policy is dumb and the US gov deserves to have it blow up in their faces, most of the tourism dollars are probably coming from people who don't even need to apply for a visa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Waiver_Program [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday April 02 2018, @03:30PM
Yeah, um...about that.
Trump Slashes Size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments [nytimes.com]
Guess we'd better hope they don't discover oil in the Grand Canyon.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"