USCIS Wants Your Social Media IDs on Immigration Forms
Published Date: 3/5/2025
Notice
Summary
USCIS wants to start collecting social media handles on immigration forms to help verify identities and keep the country safe. This change affects anyone applying for immigration benefits and aims to improve security checks without adding big costs or delays. They’re asking for public feedback now before making it official.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Applicants Must Provide Social Media Handles
If you apply for immigration benefits, USCIS proposes that you would be asked to provide your social media identifier(s) (your “handles”) and the names of the social media platforms on immigration forms. This proposal applies to anyone applying for immigration benefits and would require you to supply those social media identifiers as part of the application process.
Handles Used for Identity and Security Vetting
USCIS says it will use collected social media identifiers to help with identity verification and to inform national security and public safety screening, vetting, and related inspections. The stated purpose is to support more rigorous vetting and screening of inadmissibility grounds and bases for denial of immigration benefits.
USCIS Seeks Minimal Burden From Collection
USCIS states the proposed collection aims to improve vetting while not adding large costs or delays for respondents. The agency is requesting public comment on the collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act before any final implementation.
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