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US visa applicants required to share online data

The State Department in the United States is requiring nearly all applicants for US visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. In a move that's just taken effect after approval of the revised application forms, the department said it has updated its immigrant and nonimmigrant visa forms to request additional information, including social media identifiers, from almost all applicants. The change is expected to affect about 15 million who apply for visas to enter the US each year.

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