Long Visa Wait Times Hamper Events skift.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from skift.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The core components of the Visa Processing Improvement Act encompass several key actions. Firstly, it requires the State Department to establish specific targets for interview wait times. For locations where these goals are not met, corrective actions will be taken to reduce waiting times. The bill also proposes granting the State Department the authority to exempt certain low-risk, previously vetted nonimmigrant visa applicants from in-person interviews.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said, "International travelers applying for visas are facing unacceptably long wait times, often stretching to a year or longer."
The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA) applauds the introduction of the Visa Processing Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation that was introduced on July 27 by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS). The legislation addresses the long visitor visa appointment wait times that are impacting the business events sector.
US Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance applauds new legislation to address visa delays exhibitionworld.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from exhibitionworld.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.