Social media screening is now done fairly rarely by consular officials, one of the former officials said. On March 17, Tillerson issued a fourth cable that set out a new list of instructions for consular officials. Some former officials and immigration attorneys cautioned that delving deeper into applicants' social media use could significantly lengthen processing time of visas. "There's so much social media out there," said Anne Richard, a former U.S. assistant secretary of state in the Obama administration. Both the March 15 and March 17 cables seem to anticipate delays as a result of their implementation.

Source: Egypt Independent March 23, 2017 09:56 UTC