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US immigration service wants social media handles of visa applicants (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] blackwall@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What happens if you don’t have any mainstream social media accounts? What happens if you say you don’t have any mainstream social media accounts? What happens if you give them a the handle of a respectable “friend’s” account? How far do they go to actually verify or enforce this?

[–] daizelkrns@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

I did go through this on 2022 with no real social media presence. I just didn't add anything to that section of DS160 and got through the process with no issues

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

People going through US immigration (I did this maybe ~20 years ago as a student) will just make a temp, low-use account or something similar.