John Kerby, a US State Department spokesman, said immigration’s vetting process doesn’t necessarily involve looking into an applicant’s social media footprint.
A staff member at the National Theatre, where the band was to give the invitation-only performances, confirmed the concerts were off, but did not give a reason.
Official Chinese media are neither confirming nor denying grounds for the concerts’ cancellation, with state-run Xinhua News modestly describing the whole kerfuffle as “communication issues at the working level”.
The State Department said that “obviously things went wrong” in the visa background check for one of the San Bernardino shooters, due to a secret US policy that prohibits immigration officials from reviewing the social media messages of foreign citizens applying for...
On Friday, Su Hao, a professor at China Foreign Affairs University who researches Asian politics and economics, said in an interview that “there are some issues on which the two sides still can’t get on the same page, primarily the nuclear issue and North...
As part of continued repercussions from the tragedy in San Bernardino, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reversing previous protocols that prevented officials from examining visa applicants’ social media presences as part of the vetting process.
The Obama administration has struggled to explain why it does not screen the social media accounts of people trying to enter the US from countries with a large terrorist presence, and why Malik was approved for a K-1 fiancée visa. The Department of Homeland Security is said to be...
The visa screening process has come under review by the Homeland Security and State departments, after it emerged that one of the shooters in this month’s San Bernardino, CA, attack had immigrated to the United States on a “fiancé visa” – and that she has...
A day after Swift celebrated her 26th birthday, the artist has announced that she’s turning her world tour into a movie, one that will be available on Apple Music.
The report came as U.S. officials said that since the San Bernardino attack, the USA government has begun testing new procedures for reviewing social media activity of foreigners seeking United States entry visas.
Taylor Swift will present video of star-packed performances from her world tour exclusively on Apple’s subscription music service, starting next Sunday.
She was first vetted by the Department of Homeland Security, which checked her name against law enforcement and national security databases. After coming to the U.S. and formally marrying Farook here, she applied for her green card and received another round of criminal and...