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tremonyesterday at 4:04 PM1 replyview on HN

"you" being the operative word. The rest of the information will just be supplied by your government instead of yourself.


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advisedwangyesterday at 4:34 PM

To apply for a visa, even a B1 visa, you have to go to a consulate and show them proof of your bank account, property you own, family details, your job and such things (supposedly to show that you are tied to your home company and not secretly trying to immigrate to the US).

Governments don't even have all this information about their own citizens reliably even if they wanted to hand it over.