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In particular, even if a visa application is initially made via document drop-off as the criteria for an interview waiver appear to be satisfied, the consulate may, at its discretion, or based on criteria (including criteria redacted in the public version) issue a 221(g) quasi-refusal and call the applicant in for a visa interview. [1]
Section 221(g) refusals: These "quasi-refusals" mean that the consular officer has deferred a final decision on the applicant, and will complete the decision once additional information from the applicant or the United States government becomes available. If the pending information needs to come from the applicant, there is a time limit of one ...
The Technology Alert List (TAL) is a list developed by the United States federal government of critical fields where it would like to limit the transfer of goods, technology, and sensitive information, with the goal of supporting nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and nontransfer of U.S.-held technologies. [1]
If the consular office finds such evidence, he or she returns the petition to USCIS along with the reasons the petition appears fraudulent, and issues a Section 221(g) quasi-refusal to the applicant (note that this is relevant to cases 2 and 3, and not to case 1 where the beneficiary is already in the United States). [17]
This is because the Department of State data doesn't distinguish between visa applications filed and adjudicated within the same year, nor does it delineate how many E-2 approvals followed initial 221g visa refusals (administrative processing/temporary refusal) within the same year. [14] 221g refusals are counted as refusals.
Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) or Washington Special Clearance, [1] commonly called security clearance, administrative clearance, or administrative processing, [2] is a process the United States Department of State and the diplomatic missions of the United States use in deciding to grant or deny a United States visa to certain visa applicants.
Gompers v. Buck's Stove and Range Co., 221 U.S. 418 (1911), was a ruling by the United States Supreme Court involving a case of contempt for violating the terms of an injunction restraining labor union leaders from a boycott or from publishing any statement that there was or had been a boycott.
The above table does not include USCIS petitions for a change of status to E-1 by applicants who were already located in the United States. Due to limitations in the Department of State data, exact approval rates for E-1 visas cannot be calculated from annual approval and refusal numbers, though trends can be determined. This is because the ...