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Americans will need a visa to visit Europe starting in 2024. Here's what you should know. (news.yahoo.com)

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's not a visa but an ESTA. The visa is still granted on the fly on entry.
The U.S. require the same the other way around, only the one granted by the EU is $10 cheaper and valid for 3 years instead of 2, so still U.S. citizens get an advantage
EU citizens (like all other non-immigrants) have to, as far as I understand, disclose all their social media accounts when applying for a US visa

Sources for (3):

For VISA applications, https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Enhanced%20Vetting/CA%20-%20FAQs%20on%20Social%20Media%20Collection%20-%206-4-2019%20(v.2).pdf should apply.

What if applicants participate in multiple online platforms? Are they being asked to list all of their handles, or only one?

Applicants must provide all identifiers used for all listed platforms.

I reached that document via https://www.ustraveldocs.com/de/de-gen-faq.asp#qlistgen21 ("Apply for a U.S. Visa in Germany") and didn't find any hint for exemptions for German citizens or E U citizens, so I assume it applies. (But I might still be wrong.)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Simply wow, this one is new to me. Guess I would never go to the US again.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does my pornhub account qualify as social media?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Depends on what you're watching, I guess. Imo, gangbang should count as social media while masturbation probably doesn't.

[–] Default_Defect 1 points 2 years ago

Pornhub comments are the most superior public square.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Genuine question, how the heck do people who have a ton of social media accounts (some for a business, some for different topics, some they haven't used in ages and maybe forgot about or lost the login for) actually list them all? If it were me, depending on the platforms required, I don't even know where I'd begin. I very well might genuinely forget one I made 3 years ago, used for a month, and abandoned.