Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants
by diveanon on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:02PM
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Depends on where you are coming from.
Most of the Europeans that come through have the financial means and strong enough passports to go pretty much anywhere they please. Same goes for most Japanese and Chinese.
My Arab customers however have the money, but getting a visa is a near impossibility.
Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants
by avocado4 on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:08PM
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>> "have the financial means and strong enough passports to go pretty much anywhere they please. Same goes for most Japanese and Chinese"
Chinese passport is one of the worst in the world as far as travel goes. [1][2]
[1] https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Chinese_...
Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants
by diveanon on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:15PM
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That doesn't seem to prevent millions of them from traveling every year.
Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants
by Ayesh on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:36PM
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It's a country with over a billion people, so it's possible.
Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants
by DKnoll on Sunday June 02, 2019 @08:36PM
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If you have money and a clean background you can go anywhere you want (with some exceptions), regardless of your passport. There are companies you can contact who will handle the entire visa process for you.
Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants
by diveanon on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:06AM
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This is unfortunately not true for most people coming from the Arab world.
Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants
by pnw_hazor on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:08PM
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EU travelers should understand - because the EU screens social media as part of visa applications too.
Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants
by yani on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:23PM
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To the best of my knowledge there is no such thing.
I’m a millennial with lots of international millennial friends. Nobody likes these measures. But getting into most countries is no walk in the park. As much as I hate to admit this, the pressure to end these policies will never come from tourists.