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  • GAO Recommends Consistent Guidance on Acceptance of Consular Identification Documents(1748 KB - 9/24/2004)
    The GAO examined the purpose of consular identification documents, steps Mexico and Guatemala have implemented to verify identities of the card applicants, and security features incorporated into the cards. The GAO recommends that the Homeland Security Council issue consistent guidance to state and local governments, and other institutions. AILA Doc. No. 04092463.
  • GAO Finds Need for Consular Guidance on Implementation of Biometric Visa Program (9/10/2004)
    GAO recommends that DHS and DOS develop and provide to consular posts guidance on how the biometric visa program should be used, and that State direct each consular post to develop an implementation plan based on this DHS/DOS guidance. AILA Doc. No. 04091064.
  • GAO Finds Additional Action Needed in the Visa Revocation Process (7/13/2004)
    Today's GAO report on the visa revocation process recommends that the DOS and DHS Secretaries jointly develop a written government-wide policy that defines roles and responsibilities, and sets performance standards; and address outstanding legal and policy issues or provide Congress with specific actions it could take to resolve them. AILA Doc. No. 04071361.
  • CRS Reports on Foreign Physicians and the J Visa Waiver Program(68 KB - 6/21/2004)
    The Congressional Research Service reviews the current state of the J visa Interested Government Agency (IGA) waiver program for foreign physicians. Included are summaries of various IGA waiver programs, legislative history, and proposed legislation for extension of the Conrad 30 program. AILA Doc. No. 04062167
  • DOS Issues Fourth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report (6/18/2004)
    The Department of State's 2004 Trafficking in Persons Report addresses serious human rights, health, and security implications of human trafficking around the world. Also discussed in the report are the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
  • CRS Reports on DOS and DHS Roles in Visa Policy(81 KB - 3/18/2004)
    The Congressional Research Service (CRS) report addresses the roles of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State in setting visa policy, the balance of control in the Memorandum of Understanding, and funding. AILA Document No. 03/18/2004.
  • DOS Releases Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2003 (2/25/2004)
    On 2/25/04, the Department of State released and submitted to Congress the 2003 Country Reports for Human Rights Practices. The Country Reports provide a detailed analysis of human rights conditions in 196 countries, and are frequently cited as evidence in hardship, asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture cases.
  • GAO Finds Delays in Visa Processing Caused by Visa Mantis Security Checks (2/25/2004)
    On studying visa applications by science students and scholars, the GAO concluded that delays were caused by the way in which Visa Mantis information was disseminated by headquarters, insufficient instruction and feedback to Consular Officers, and that the FBI's systems are not interoperable with DOS's systems.
  • April 2003 Report from U.S. Consulate in Juarez (5/7/2003)
    The April 2003 report from the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, Mexico updates on American Citizen Services, Non-Immigrant Visa Services, and Immigrant Services.
  • Visa Process Should be Strengthened as an Antiterrorism Tool, GAO Concludes (11/5/2002)
    The General Accounting Office (GAO) has released a new report (no. GAO-03-132NI) entitled “Border Security: Visa Process Should be Strengthened as an Antiterrorism Tool.” The report calls for, among other things, the development of a “clear policy on the priority attached to addressing national security concerns through the visa process.”
  • DOS Releases 2001 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (3/5/2002)
    The State Department, on March 4, 2002, released and submitted to Congress the 2001 Country Reports for Human Rights Practices. The Country Reports provide a detailed analysis of human rights conditions in 195 countries, and are frequently cited as evidence in asylum cases.
  • DOS Posts 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (2/29/2000)
    The State Department has released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.