2021年6月22日 · What is a Special Immigrant Visa? As United States military forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan later this year, Afghan translators and others who have aided U.S. forces are facing significant danger. With a September 2021 deadline looming, the importance of Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) to this population has …

family records, and (3) scheduling a visa interview. For the SQ visa category there is an additional first step involving applying for Chief of Mission approval with the Department of State. Thereafter, it follows similar steps to the SI visa category outlined below. 1The individual applying for an SIV submits a packet of initial petition documents

2021年9月1日 · The SIV process includes the following steps, which take approximately two to three years from start to finish. (SIVs are legally required to be processed within nine months, but a lack of resources and visa slots have caused significant delays and backlogs). 1.

2021年8月30日 · Initially, it appeared that potentially hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees who had assisted the U.S. military effort would be eligible to come to the U.S. under either the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program or a broader Priority-2 (P2) refugee status that was announced on August 2.

2025年3月7日 · The policy would likely bar tens of thousands of Afghan allies who have been cleared for resettlement in the U.S. While some Afghan allies remain in Afghanistan, others have moved to Pakistan to escape Taliban retribution and to accommodate processing for admission into the U.S. as refugees or on a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV).

Introduction On August 31, 2021 President Biden announced the U.S. military had withdrawn from Afghanistan, ending America’s twenty-year involvement in the country. Over 120,000 individuals, including U.S. citizens, citizens of U.S. allies, and others were airlifted out of Afghanistan, including more than 70,000 Afghan allies of the U.S. This …

2024年2月6日 · A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 on February 4, 2024. This legislative package includes significant changes that would transform border security and the asylum process in the U.S. The package was developed in response to high levels of encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border and Republican demands

2023年8月31日 · The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) serves vulnerable newcomer populations in the United States, such as refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders, unaccompanied children, torture survivors, and victims of trafficking.

2022年8月11日 · These evacuees generally would have been eligible for either refugee or Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) status, but those processes were too slow and backlogged to work effectively in the context of an emergency evacuation. Instead, more than 70,000 (over 94%) of those resettled in the U.S. thus far have been processed under humanitarian parole.

2023年7月13日 · Immigrant Visa (SIV) status, but those processes were too slow and backlogged to work effectively in the context of an emergency evacuation. Instead, more than 70,000 (over 94%) of those resettled in the U.S. thus far have been processed under humanitarian parole. Parole offers only limited, temporary benefits and — unlike refugees