High Value Data Elements
To comply with the January 2025 E.O. (14161), and the April 4,
2025, Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline
Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the
ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information
already collected in the ESTA application.
The high value data fields include:
a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;
b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;
c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;
d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;
f. Family member dates of birth;
g. Family member places of birth;
h. Family member residencies;
i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;
j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;
k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.
There is zero chance I could accurately provide this information to anyone, none of my family members could, because they don’t know the phone numbers I’ve had… All around it sounds like a shit idea.
It’s an attempt on intimidation, because supposedly for the person travelling it’s a lose-lose:
All around it’s a humiliation and intimidation exercise
It’s a protectionist policy. This is designed to keep people from entering as not many will want to give out the required.
Well, it was signed by Shitler, so what would you expect.