The authorities of the European country have expanded the list of verified information about Schengen visa applicants.
The decision to check tourists' social networks was made in Germany.
This was reported on the Schengen Area News website.
The country is popular with tourists and those looking for a new country to live in, so the German authorities are forced to tighten control over those entering.
They believe that monitoring social networks will help them prevent fraud.
The competent authorities will study all public data on applicants in order to subsequently create so-called “risk profiles”.
They will store various information about the person who wants to get a visa.
Social networks, according to the authors of the initiative, can tell a lot about people and places they have visited before, their interests, and so on.
