No More Visas for the State Department

[Stepbrow]

Here is an Op Ed article I dug up from Council of Foreign Relations web site. It argues that DHS should be the agency to issue visas not the DOS. I can relate to that as I 'm sure many of us can. http://www.cfr.org/publication/21158/no_mo...ce_and_security

[dnoblett]

In away that makes sense, it is DHS that operates the POE and DHS that approved visa petitions.

 

More than likely if this were to ever happen the IV and NIV units at the consulates and embassies will simply be handed over to DHS, as well as NVC and DOS Visa services in the USA. USCIS already has field offices located in many consulates and embassies, why not have them oversee the NIV and IV units.

Edited January 13, 2010 by dnoblett (see edit history)

[Highlander]

So the Guz Visa Officers are looked down on, have a third-rate assignment, something young VOs have to SUFFER through for a few years at the very start of their careers. It is less a training assignment than a form of hazing. This article may give us a better understanding of the enemy, "the VO". Third-rate assignment, Suffer, Hazing.

[Stepbrow]

In away that makes sense, it is DHS that operates the POE and DHS that approved visa petitions.

 

More than likely if this were to ever happen the IV and NIV units at the consulates and embassies will simply be handed over to DHS, as well as NVC and DOS Visa services in the USA. USCIS already has field offices located in many consulates and embassies, why not have them oversee the NIV and IV units.

 

Your right Dan, also this would end the turf war between DHS and DOS.