For a vacation in the USA, people from Europe have so far not had to reveal too much. This could soon change if it's up to US border control.

According to the document, the CPB also plans to request numerous additional personal data in the ESTA application. This includes all – including professional – phone numbers and email addresses used in the past five or ten years, names and phone numbers of close family members, as well as their birth dates and places. Biometric data is also included.

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.socialEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I don’t know if it’s different now, but I didn’t have to provide anywhere near that amount of information when I went to China a few years ago. Nor did they search through any of my electronic devices.