The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

    • sp3ctre@feddit.org
      3·
      16 days ago

      Sorry, edited it to my comment.

      Edit2: Maybe it’s not mandatory for now. But it looks suspicious to me.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        16 days ago

        Edit 3: Found it. Yep, back to nazi act alert:

        Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information already collected in the ESTA application. The high value data fields include:

        • a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;
        • b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;
        • c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;
        • d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
        • e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;
        • f. Family member dates of birth;
        • g. Family member places of birth;
        • h. Family member residencies;
        • i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;
        • j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;
        • k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.