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Indian scientist’s visa denial sparks outrage
Washington Post, Feb 23, 2006. "A decision two weeks ago by a U.S. consulate in India to refuse a visa to a prominent Indian scientist has triggered heated protests in that country and set off a major diplomatic flap on the eve of President Bush's first visit to India."
Community Recommendations on Visa Policies
May 12, 2004. Recommendations on visa policy changes by the AAU and a number of other organizations.
A Quick Guide to Visas and Immigration Status for International Postdocs
A guide from the National Postdoctoral Association
Visa Wait Times
A State Department list of the amount of time required at various consulates (1) for scheduling an appointment for a visa interview, and (2) for processing a visa.
VisaPortal.com - U.S. Immigration Resources Portal
VisaPortal.com is a leading online immigration portal featuring immigration law resources, news, forms, message boards, glossaries, directories and much more.
Student of Concern
SF Weekly, May 18, 2005. Proposed Department of Commerce regulations would require that foreign students get export licenses to use dual-purpose technologies in their studies. "Inherent in the new rules is a discriminatory contradiction: Students from India, which has cordial relations with the U.S., will need licenses to study, but students from Saudi Arabia -- home country for most of the participants in the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, and much of the financing and ideology behind Islamist terrorism -- will not."
2004 UC Berkeley Visa Holder Survey
Power point presentation of the results of a survey at Berkeley about problems students and postdocs have had with their visas.
Border Security: Improvements Needed to Reduce Time Taken to Adjudicate Visas for Science Students and Scholars
February, 2004. A US General Accounting Office study of delays caused by Visa Mantis.
AAU Visa Resources
A nice collection of resources on visa policies relating to graduate students and postdocs assembled by the Association of American Universities.
Highlights of "Streamlined Visas Mantis Program Has Lowered Burden on Foreign Science Students and Scholars, but Further Refinements Needed"
February 2005. A 1-page overview of a GAO report showing substantial improvements in processing times for Visa Mantis background checks. As of November 2004, processing times average 15 days, down from 67 days in the spring of 2003.
Streamlined Visas Mantis Program Has Lowered Burden on Foreign Science Students and Scholars, but Further Refinements Needed
February 2005. A GAO report showing substantial improvements in processing times for Visa Mantis background checks. As of November 2004, processing times average 15 days, down from 67 days in the spring of 2003.
Keeping foreign scholars at bay
July 4, 2004. A San Francisco Chronicle editorial on visa problems facing international students and postdocs.