Sentences with phrase «immigrant visa applicants»

This year, the State Department estimates that its new program will affect 710,000 immigrant visa applicants and 14 million non-immigrant visa applicants.

The department estimates it would affect 710,000 immigrant visa applicants and 14 million non-immigrant visa applicants, including those who want to come to the U.S. for business or education, according to the documents.

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But a crackdown would directly affect an array of industries that historically have relied on the labor pool of an estimated 8.1 million undocumented immigrants who work (or look for work) in the U.S. Trump has also threatened to ban Muslim immigration, create a registry of Muslims in the country, surveil mosques, and introduce «extreme vetting» of visa applicants» religious beliefs.

While new biometric visas are already in place for immigrants from high - risk countries, I can confirm that within nine months, from March next year, we will extend biometric visas to all visa applicants.

It would have held constant the total number of legal immigrants by eliminating another visa program that grants permanent residency to 50,000 applicants a year on the basis of a lottery.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The State Department wants to require all U.S. visa applicants to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers, vastly expanding the Trump administration's enhanced vetting of potential immigrants and visitors.

The new rules would apply to virtually all applicants for immigrant and non-immigrant visas.

While immigrant visa registration is reflective of an intent to immigrate, it may not be proper for you to refuse issuance of a visa under INA 214 (b) solely on the basis of such registration, unless you have reason to believe the applicant's true intent is to remain in the United States until such a time as an immigrant visa (IV) becomes available.

This means the Trump administration is seeking to collect social media data of both immigrant and non-immigrant visa applicants for...

The State Department says it wants to require all U.S. visa applicants to submit their social media histories, previous email addresses and phone numbers, vastly expanding the Trump administration's enhanced vetting of potential immigrants and visitors.