US Visa requirements

[CarlosCorbewrong]

You’ll have to provide 5 years’ of social media log ins for ALL platforms if you want an ESTA.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

So then, Mr Corbewrong, tell us about these Marxist leaning views….

[Borin' Baggie]

Bastion of free speech

[PatelsPlatoon]

Could ask for social media history! I doubt it's possible.

Simply though most people outside the states think Trump is a loon and most on social media have said it at some point.

He's going to destroy the tourism industry as well as everything else the way he's going.

[Fido]

Could ask for social media history! I doubt it's possible.

Simply though most people outside the states think Trump is a loon and most on social media have said it at some point.

He's going to destroy the tourism industry as well as everything else the way he's going.

Tourism from Canada has fallen off a cliff since his daft comments about annexing them. From the UK though I'd imagine the GBP weakness against the USD has as much of a part to play as the politics, perhaps even moreso.

[Borin' Baggie]

Could ask for social media history! I doubt it's possible.

Simply though most people outside the states think Trump is a loon and most on social media have said it at some point.

He's going to destroy the tourism industry as well as everything else the way he's going.

Tourism from Canada has fallen off a cliff since his daft comments about annexing them. From the UK though I'd imagine the GBP weakness against the USD has as much of a part to play as the politics, perhaps even moreso.

The US is the only country in the world that is a major tourist destination and has had a reduction in the number of tourists this year

[Protheroe]

Tourism from Canada has fallen off a cliff since his daft comments about annexing them. From the UK though I'd imagine the GBP weakness against the USD has as much of a part to play as the politics, perhaps even moreso.

This is true. The parts of New England we visited in August were pretty much devoid of Canadians.

[WorcsWBA]

5 years of social media posts is actually just the tip of the iceberg in their proposal. Have a read of all this other stuff:

To comply with the January 2025 E.O. (14161), and the April 4, 2025, Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information already collected in the ESTA application. The high value data fields include:

a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;
b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;
c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;
d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;
f. Family member dates of birth;
g. Family member places of birth;
h. Family member residencies;
i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;
j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;
k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.

Source (which is a genuine US Government site): FederalRegister.gov

"An ESTA application is an online request for an Electronic System for Travel Authorization, which allows citizens of participating countries to visit the United States for tourism or business for up to 90 days without a visa under the Visa Waiver Program"

Mind-boggling...

[CarlosCorbewrong]

5 years of social media posts is actually just the tip of the iceberg in their proposal. Have a read of all this other stuff:

To comply with the January 2025 E.O. (14161), and the April 4, 2025, Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information already collected in the ESTA application. The high value data fields include:

a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;
b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;
c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;
d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;
f. Family member dates of birth;
g. Family member places of birth;
h. Family member residencies;
i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;
j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;
k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.

Source (which is a genuine US Government site): FederalRegister.gov

"An ESTA application is an online request for an Electronic System for Travel Authorization, which allows citizens of participating countries to visit the United States for tourism or business for up to 90 days without a visa under the Visa Waiver Program"

Mind-boggling...

I'm going to need a bigger form.

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

I’d have lost the will to live before I got to C.

Fuck that.