Do they google you?

[Rob & Monika 87]

some people use real names as the display name, or in posts use real names. They can link you via timelines and country of submission. They can look at photos and compare. I don't have anything to hide so I don't mind, but it's just something to keep in mind.

exactly! All they have to do is match up your timeline to their data and they know who you are. I doubt many people have the same country, NOA1, NOA2, and interview date.

[skiptex 225]

USCIS.. should have better things to do.. then to try and figure out usernames and real names

[brian@alejandra 20]

USCIS.. should have better things to do.. then to try and figure out usernames and real names

thats kinda what i was thinking, but i guess something has to explain why it takes so long

[skiptex 225]

thats kinda what i was thinking, but i guess something has to explain why it takes so long

great.. USCIS is surfing in the internet.. and trying to look at timelines.. to see which of the thousands of forms they have match to thousands of usernames here..

lol

[VanessaTony 3,567]

great.. USCIS is surfing in the internet.. and trying to look at timelines.. to see which of the thousands of forms they have match to thousands of usernames here..

lol

More likely if they find a file they think has red flags they'll do a search of google. Then they'll check the "known" places for them.

Or they might read it to check for "bad people" and then check for those people in their files.

Plus. When does the government ever do anything that makes sense?

[skiptex 225]

More likely if they find a file they think has red flags they'll do a search of google. Then they'll check the "known" places for them.

Or they might read it to check for "bad people" and then check for those people in their files.

Plus. When does the government ever do anything that makes sense?

hopefully, the don't look up to see if i am a tea party member or AP reporter!

[Loveforever143 13]

I wonder how wud USCIS find me on google when there are millions of ppls out there with my name ?

Lemme me google Vanessa.. I found you

Is that you? http://vanessajackman.blogspot.com/

1 :Oops USCIS cant ask you this.

2: They dont have this much time to do these "Stupid"things on google :S:S:S

Edited September 24, 2013 by M&you

[TBoneTX 45,288]

USCIS may or may not "google" people. The consulates most certainly have done so.

If I had one wish vis-a-vis VisaJourney, I would want to get it through everyone's head that the consular phase of the visa process is to be taken the most seriously of any. Too few here realize this, and some VJ members end up having years or a lifetime to regret their oversight.

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

USCIS may or may not "google" people. The consulates most certainly have done so.

If I had one wish vis-a-vis VisaJourney, I would want to get it through everyone's head that the consular phase of the visa process is to be taken the most seriously of any. Too few here realize this, and some VJ members end up having years or a lifetime to regret their oversight.

Gowoness was guilty of that, we lost 9 month's because she underestimated the COs question.

Applicants have been asked fir their Facebook logon as an example.

[Allanah and Chris 8]

Nothing on Facebook is actually set to private. Even if you select " private " settings. It is all accessible.

As much as I dislike the privacy settings on FB, this is not quite true. You have fairly decent control over your own content, however, for most people this has only been a recent addition (~18 months ago). What this means is your older content typically inherited Public or Friends-of-Friends as its privacy level. Most disclosures of private information are unintentional due to a confusing interface on the part of FB.

You really can lock down posts, but it does not necessarily do you any good. For example, you can take simply the filename of a Facebook picture and determine the profile of the individual who posted it.