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The United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is an association of federal agencies and nonprofit organizations which work hand-in-hand to identify and admit qualified refugees for resettlement into the United States. [1]
Section 1244 of this legislation, entitled "Special Immigrant Status for Certain Iraqis", as amended by section 1 of Public Law 110-244, enacted on January 3, 2008, authorizes 5,000 Special Immigrant Visas (The Kennedy SIV Program for Iraqi Nationals Who Worked for or on Behalf of the U.S. Government) per annum for Iraqi employees and/or contractors for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
No One Left Behind (NOLB) is a veteran-adjacent nonprofit focused on ensuring America keeps its promise to its SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) allies. [2] The nonprofit evacuates Afghan and Iraqi SIV applicants to safety, supports their resettlement in the United States as new Americans, and advocates on their behalf before Congress and the White House.
More than 840,000 Afghans who applied for a resettlement program aimed at people who helped the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan are still there waiting, according to a report that lays out the ...
A group of Afghan nationals landed in the Philippines on Monday for the processing of special immigrant visas for their resettlement in the U.S. Their arrival comes as part of an agreement between ...
While the program has existed since 2009, the number of applicants skyrocketed after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. With the Taliban now back in power, advocates say ...
Following the evacuation of Afghanistan in August 2021, USCRI, with funding from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, operates the Immigrant Legal Services for Afghan Arrivals (ILSAA) program, which provides Eligible Afghan Arrivals (EAAs) across the country with free legal services to help them navigate the U.S. legal immigration system, this ...
An Afghan resettlement scheme, announced in August after the Taliban reclaimed Kabul, is set to open in January, the Home Office confirmed.