Choosing not to provide social media information

[Mrs Ryan Carreras 247]

We submitted the new ds 160 and it asks for screen names for any of the major social media sites. Not really much to it and a small section on the form itself. 

We put in his FB, Reddit, and any other.  You have went through the whole process and want it to be private? 

It does not ask for passwords and such so I don’t get the reasoning as the Affidavit of Support and packet is much more in depth. 

I understand wanting your privacy but privacy does not exist much in this process which is understandable with what we are asking. 

Good luck on your journey but I would definitely redo ds 160 for the visa. 

We all have a decision and hope the best for the both of you. 

I would not risk it. We are at Interview stage but they may ask the same thing everyone else here is. 

 

 

[Hank_ 9,173]

14 hours ago, Boiler said:

They can not force her to divulge her social media details. Or any other information.

And SHE can not force the embassy to issue a visa     Ying - Yang

[debbiedoo 2,339]

She doesnt want to provide social media info because she fears being hacked (by the US Gov't?) i mean, pretty sure they can do that regardless if they truly wanted to but mmmmkay... but you were both giving every single private detail about yourselves that in the wrong hands could truly mess up your life for YEARS and be more than an irritation? mmmmmkay then. 🙄

 

definitely fishy.

[Ortolan 381]

I honestly don't see why providing social media information, which is pretty 'out there' anyway, is a big deal but giving them your address, date of birth, your sponsor's social security number, tax information etc., is somehow deemed safer to share. I think the beneficiary has made a mountain out of a relative molehill in the whole scheme of giving personal info to the USCIS. They're very good at finding out things about you; that's what they're supposed to do. Social media is the least of the beneficiary's worries, unless indeed they have something to hide.

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[TeaOhEnWhy 4]

I NEVER SAID SHE IS AFRAID OF BEING HACKED BY THE U.S GOVERNMENT. She does not trust the internet in general in HER COUNTRY. DS-160 are done outside of the U.S unless the U.S sponsor does it on their behalf, am I wrong?

 

You are all looking at it from perspective of Americans, where we in America are fortunate to have robust IT infrastructure and information security is for the most part a non-issue (there are exceptions, big ones; Wikileaks, Facebook data analytics etc.) I think most of us are savvy enough to not fall for a Nigerian oil heir scam. The circumstances are not the same IN HER COUNTRY.

 

This process is stressful as is, not knowing English during a process that is mostly done in English is stressful, being long distance from your significant other is stressful. Having to give instructions over the phone/video call is stressful. Does all this cause people to overthink things? Certainly. If your journey was smooth and problem free with your significant other, and they could already speak English thus making the process easier, hats off to you.

 

 

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[Boiler 43,430]

Begs the question why you would use Social Media at all in those sort of circumstances. Maybe she needs a VPN?

[Elif_and_Greg 164]

I personally would be worried if the government saw all my (removed) posting. 

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[Boiler 43,430]

They do.

[Mollie09 1,543]

13 minutes ago, TeaOhEnWhy said:

I NEVER SAID SHE IS AFRAID OF BEING HACKED BY THE U.S GOVERNMENT. She does not trust the internet in general in HER COUNTRY. DS-160 are done outside of the U.S unless the U.S sponsor does it on their behalf, am I wrong?

 

You are all looking at it from perspective of Americans, where we in America are fortunate to have robust IT infrastructure and information security is for the most part a non-issue (there are exceptions, big ones; Wikileaks, Facebook data analytics etc.) I think most of us are savvy enough to not fall for a Nigerian oil heir scam. The circumstances are not the same IN HER COUNTRY.

 

This process is stressful as is, not knowing English during a process that is mostly done in English is stressful, being long distance from your significant other is stressful. Having to give instructions over the phone/video call is stressful. Does all this cause people to overthink things? Certainly. If your journey was smooth and problem free with your significant other, and they could already speak English thus making the process easier, hats off to you.

 

 

What about all the other information entered into the DS-160? What about current social media use?

Falling for a Nigerian prince heir scam has nothing to do with robust IT infrastructure.

[Elif_and_Greg 164]

5 hours ago, Boiler said:

They do.

Well hopefully they think it's quality(removed)posting. 

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[Boiler 43,430]

5 hours ago, Elif_and_Greg said:

Well hopefully they think it's quality (removed) posting. 

No way of knowing.

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[SunflowerSweet 1,321]

15 minutes ago, TeaOhEnWhy said:

I NEVER SAID SHE IS AFRAID OF BEING HACKED BY THE U.S GOVERNMENT. She does not trust the internet in general in HER COUNTRY. DS-160 are done outside of the U.S unless the U.S sponsor does it on their behalf, am I wrong?

 

You are all looking at it from perspective of Americans, where we in America are fortunate to have robust IT infrastructure and information security is for the most part a non-issue (there are exceptions, big ones; Wikileaks, Facebook data analytics etc.) I think most of us are savvy enough to not fall for a Nigerian oil heir scam. The circumstances are not the same IN HER COUNTRY.

 

This process is stressful as is, not knowing English during a process that is mostly done in English is stressful, being long distance from your significant other is stressful. Having to give instructions over the phone/video call is stressful. Does all this cause people to overthink things? Certainly. If your journey was smooth and problem free with your significant other, and they could already speak English thus making the process easier, hats off to you.

 

 

This explanation is somehow even... more confusing? So you are saying she didn't want to input her username information only (no passwords) into a secure form because she was worried about the security of the IT infrastructure? How does she ever feel secure even logging into social media, using both her username and password,  on a much less secure platform, then? 

 

Why are you bothering to explain the stress of the immigration process to seasoned veterans on an... immigration forum? There's an expression about preaching and choirs that come to mind.

 

If you were working through the form with her over the phone, and she has trouble with English, it's sort of on you to have explained the importance of her listing her usernames. 

[geowrian 22,335]

I would also point out that many people ITT understand the lack of IT infrastructure. Most of us either immigrated or are family members of those who did. My wife came from a small province in PH, where IT infrastructure is definitely lacking.

Or worse, some of us came from areas where they actually do monitor and/or severely restrict access (i.e. KSA, which is where my wife worked while we dated).