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Visa Appointment System Warns of 20-Day Wait for Certain Applicants
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Posted on November 19, 2001 Visa Appointment System Warns of 20-Day Wait for Certain Applicants While the State Department continues to refuse to confirm press reports that young males from Middle Eastern countries will face 20-day waits for security checks before receiving a nonimmigrant visa, the following message appears when individuals born in certain countries attempt to make a visa appointment through the on-line Visa Appointment Reservation System: "Effective immediately, the State Department has introduced a 20-day waiting period for men from certain countries, ages 16-45, applying for visas into the United States." The following countries of birth are among those for whom this message appears: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Dijbouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. While the State Department continues to refuse to confirm press reports that young males from Middle Eastern countries will face 20-day waits for security checks before receiving a nonimmigrant visa, the following message appears when individuals born in certain countries attempt to make a visa appointment through the on-line Visa Appointment Reservation System: "Effective immediately, the State Department has introduced a 20-day waiting period for men from certain countries, ages 16-45, applying for visas into the United States." The following countries of birth are among those for whom this message appears: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Dijbouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. |