No specific social media services were named in the proposed rule, although DOS reserved the authority to include additional social media platforms at a later date. For the DS-260, the new form would also ask for all prior immigration violations, and, for the DS-160, whether the applicant has been deported or removed from any country. 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.
In a notice of rulemaking governing electronic Forms DS-260 and DS-160, DOS detailed its intention to require visa applicants to provide identifiers for specified social media platforms during the preceding five years.
The State Department will likely require nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applicants to provide more detailed histories including social media platforms.
