On 7/6/19 21:43, Nico Williams wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 12:42:17PM -0400, Paul Wouters wrote: >> ps. at least for me, I will already know in my home city of Toronto, >> whether or not I will be refused for not handing out my social media >> or web browser history, since we clear immigration at the airport :P > > So, CBP asking to see your social media or mobile is not remotely a new > thing, and was happening before 2016. For the USA? Datapoint: I've processed two visas for the USA prior to 2017, and I've never was asked social media details. > The U.S. is not the only country to have done that sort of thing, either. Does that matter? > But CBP is also naturally > bandwidth limited as to how many visitors they can apply that treatment > to... How does this criteria play with the "being more inclusinve" thing? > > What's *new* here is that those who need a _visa_ to visit now can be > subjected to this treatmeant with a higher natural bandwidth limit at > the applicable U.S. consulate, so more such visitors can expect to be > subjected to it. I imagine consular officials were always able to > request additional data, such as social media identifiers, but now the > State department will be requiring that information of all visa > applicants. > > Now, not every visitor to the U.S. needs a visa. FWIW, most (if not all) latinamerican countries need a visa to enter the USA. Thanks, -- Fernando Gont SI6 Networks e-mail: fgont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx PGP Fingerprint: 6666 31C6 D484 63B2 8FB1 E3C4 AE25 0D55 1D4E 7492
