20 day and 30 day visa namechecks

[keelec]

Hmmm,

Why does the Visa Condor program apply??????????

 

It specifically lists MALE applicants ages 16 to 45.

 

My fiancee isn't a MALE!!!!!!!

 

Why aren't the namechecks completed within 30 days?

 

 

Well, I guess I have more research into other birds (Hawk). I presume that somehow this GAO report is related to the black-hole that occurred at about the same time it was issued.

 

 

November 14, 2001 the 20 day visa namecheck weint into effect.

 

...For all MALE visa applicants of certain national groups between the ages of 16 and 45. When the consular officer attempts to issue a visa to such an applicant, the computer system automatically places a hold on that applicant’s record, so that the consular officer cannot issue a visa before the 20 days have elapsed. The information on the applicant is then electronically transmitted from the State Department to the FBI for the name check itself. On the twenty-first day, the computer automatically unlocks these applicant cases, and the computer system prompts the consular officer to make a decision. If the consular officer has not received a negative response from Washington on an applicant, then he or she is permitted to issue the visa.

 

The State Department instituted the 30-day name check, called Visas Condor, in late January 2002. Consular officers apply Visas Condor procedures to those applicants who require a 20-day name check and who fit certain additional classified criteria. Local staff prepare Condor cables for these applicants and transmit them back to the State Department. Until mid-September 2002, the State Department then sent the cables to the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for name checks.33 The initial Condor process allowed the consular officer to issue the visa after 30 days if he or she had not received negative information on the applicant from any of these agencies. The supplemental visa application form, instituted in mid-January 2002, provides additional information on such things as the applicant’s travel and educational history, employer information, and military service to aid the consular officers’ assessment of whether the applicant requires a Condor or other security check. All MALE applicants between the ages of 16 and 45 must fill out and submit the supplemental form along with the usual visa application.

 

Hmmm, some interesting statistics from the GAO report, October 2002.

 

Stats for September 11 2001 through April 30, 2002.

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Saudi Arabia Visa Applications (Saudi Nationals)

6,136

 

Number Interviewed

2,083

 

Percent interviewed

33.9

 

Visas Issued

5,937

 

Visas Refused

199

 

Percent Refused

3.2%

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Saudi Arabia Visa Applications (Third Country National Applications in Saudi Arabia)

6,401

 

Number Interviewed

4,274

 

Percent interviewed

66.8

 

Visas Issued

4,485

 

Visas Refused

1,916

 

Percent Refused

29.9%

 

 

 

References:

http://www.visadelays.com/documents/govdoc.../GAO-Report.pdf