Lawyer says to delete Facebook entirely...is that really necessary?

[bigdog 376]

You retained an attorney, for advice. If the whole story is here then no issues, but? Their must have been a good reason to hire a lawyer, so do what you need to do.

[USA-ALG 63]

Well...

I've deleted my FB and have been "deactivated" for more than 1 year now. I couldn't be happier! I had that addictive need to attend to FB'ing. Then it hit me, why is the owner a BILLIONAIRE. IF he wanted us to be on FB, we SHOULD be paid to be FBooking, JUST as a journalist is paid to post news. Make NO darn sense!

I do miss the old days of "sharing/chatting/chewing the fat".

It's a matter of perception.

Three people at my workforce have been fired for posting photos that MY boss deemed inappropriate even it was during their off hours.

I am NOT going to lose my job over FB. There are parts of MY life I don't want to air out my laundry or for the world to see.

It's not easy to part from FB, but there's a whole 'nutter world out there to be explored.

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[GonYet 1]

Why dont ask directly to your lawyer the specific reason why you must delete your FB account, that will help to all of us to understand his point of view probaly he have a good reason to ask you to do that, or, he ask to you to do it as a preventive accion for some reason.

Please let us know what he said to you.

Thanks

[Dumb/Dumber 61]

My lawyer said that my wife and I should ENTIRELY delete Facebook. Not just deactivate our accounts or make them super-private, but entirely delete it. It seems our lawyer thinks the government will dig into our Facebook (even though they are deactivated and/or set to private), and use the information in our Facebook against us. We don't have anything incriminating in our Facebooks, however. Neither my wife, nor I, want to delete it entirely and lose all our connection to old friends. Do any of you really see this as necessary? We want to just make our profiles private, or deactivate our Facebook for a temporary period.

Thanks!

Here is what I know. I received an NOIR after my husband from Turkey was denied at his first interview. My comments regarding us meeting on facebook did not match the answers he gave when they asked him how did you ask your wife to marry you. He answered truthfully, but because I gave so much facebook detail and my husband had no idea what they were trying to get him to say, he was denied a visa. One year later I am waiting to see if we were reaffirmed. We both told the complete truth, but I gave so much detail that they wanted my husband to repeat the exact details when I was talking about a different point in time than he was thought the question was about. So if your lawyer says delete facebook, I would. They did ask for my husband's facebook password and they looked at his facebook right in front of him and ask him questions about pictures. They did not even recognize me as his wife. It was absolutely crazy.

[theoc 0]

Like everyone else has said. If you've got nothing to hide - then don't do it. But if you have any doubts then do it immediately. They've used evidence from Facebook to in court and continue to do so.

[ANC_____007 4]

I think you should listen to your Lawyer, while many people here are very experienced, they still don't know your story and the circumstances. I really think you should listen to your Lawyer who you are paying to give you advice.

Also, you can not completely delete your Facebook, Facebook doesn't allow that, so you might have to deactivate it after all.

[JE06 54]

With you adjusting from VWP I think its in your best interest to delete your Facebook or at least deactivate it.. Maybe even make a new one with all the old info gone? You never know where you two may have said something innocently and have it come back to haunt you!

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

I think you should listen to your Lawyer, while many people here are very experienced, they still don't know your story and the circumstances. I really think you should listen to your Lawyer who you are paying to give you advice.

Also, you can not completely delete your Facebook, Facebook doesn't allow that, so you might have to deactivate it after all.

You can indeed delete your Facebook, a member posted a link to how to do it recently.

I agree that OP should listen to his Attorney.

While I did not delete mine but I painstakingly went through it and removed any female friend that wasn't a relative and I related relationship to my profile. I also deleted myself from objectionable likes, nothing offensive but stuff like political sites, etc

I liked both the State Department and Lagos Embassy on my profile so the CO can feel free to browse to his pleasure.

Edited October 23, 2012 by Gowon

[MiiMO-MeLoN 1]

One of my evidence is an e-mail that my husband sent me relationship requested on Facebook. And I sent it to USCIS with I-130.

[pddp 240]

I've been FB-free over 2 years already and absolutely LOVE it that way. My true friends are ones that I actually connect with, be it in person or on skype (distant lands). A whole new world opens to you when you start living for yourself and stop seeking others' approval and acceptance for your little personal reality show.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

You know, I love FB. I am only "friends" with people I actually know or like. I don't post attention seeking status updates, I'm able to see what's going on in friends' lives and they mine, without having to wait for periods when we're both available.

There is presently a 16 hour time difference between Australia and the US. Soon (daylight savings) there will be a 17 hour time difference. This severely limits any "skype" time due to my work, or friends work. Some friends don't have smart phones so using Viber is out, one friend is in the Navy so she's restricted on free time. Another friend is living with her family and has an ailing brother (and she just isn't into writing long emails). There just simply isn't always time and we each understand that.

It's a shame that some people use FB "the wrong way" (some people mention it above being a "personal reality show" when it's never been that way for most people I know) but when used in the manner it was intended, keeping in contact with friends and family is easier -- you've just got to remember to keep that personal touch from time to time so that you don't fade to a "FB friend" and eventually, no friend at all. FB has helped me immensely in keeping on contact with friends and family back home, I dread to think where I'd be without it... it's made my transition here so much easier.

[Teutonic_rider 0]

My lawyer said that my wife and I should ENTIRELY delete Facebook. Not just deactivate our accounts or make them super-private, but entirely delete it. It seems our lawyer thinks the government will dig into our Facebook (even though they are deactivated and/or set to private), and use the information in our Facebook against us. We don't have anything incriminating in our Facebooks, however. Neither my wife, nor I, want to delete it entirely and lose all our connection to old friends. Do any of you really see this as necessary? We want to just make our profiles private, or deactivate our Facebook for a temporary period.

Thanks!

Actually, your lawyer is right. Don't got as far as deleting your profile, but becareful what is said in it. Anything that contradicts what was said in the application, may verywell lead to your application being declined. you just can't give immigration and idea that deviates from the truth or you're busted. heck, I've even becareful in what is said here, specially when you have your case information on here.

[Birdysboy 5]

Sounds like you need a "better" lawyer.

Agree

[Birdysboy 5]

Let this be a lesson, extreme advice either way is bad.

If you show bad character on your FB page I would be worried, but moderation in communications could also be looked at as a good thing. The funny thing is most of us have at least one or two trolling incidents on our pages if you have been around for a while and that could be a bad thing. But as most families have scraps between themselves I would be sympathetic to that as someone reviewing an applicants FB page.

Before FB got really popular Tita and I did Yahoo Messenger alot, this was 2004-2007. We actually used those as our "letters" to show real relationships in her K1 application. But out on your main page / wall, that is a little too public to be putting private conversations anyway.

Finally, if your lawyer is dogmatic about all this, do it yourself and save the legal fees, especially if you disagree with them.

[Stu4Lee 66]

The evidence we had on Facebook, submitted after an interview refusal, got our eventual approval.

Logging in during the interview would have saved 1300 sheets of paper though, so that's another tree gone

If only the CO had asked for the password