The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget approval to revise the immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications to add several new questions. One question would require all visa applicants to list which social media platforms they used during the five years preceding the date of application. The Department said it will collect this information from visa applicants for “identity resolution and vetting purposes based on statutory visa eligibility standards.”
Other questions seek five years of previously used telephone numbers, email addresses, and international travel; and whether specified family members have been involved in terrorist activities. Additionally, some E-nonimmigrant visa applicants will be asked whether the principal treaty trader was issued a visa. The immigrant visa application will ask for a list of all prior immigration violations. The nonimmigrant visa application will ask whether the applicant has been deported or removed from any country.
The revised visa application form will include additional information regarding the visa medical examination that some applicants may be required to undergo.
The Department is accepting comments from the public until May 29, 2018.
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