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...federally outlined Technology Alert List includes a list of study areas that could threaten national security if abused. The list is used to identify which visa applicants to isolate for further scrutiny, Casey explained...
...existed for over a decade, he said. But applications isolated for scrutiny were previously approved after 30 days if no governmental agency objected. Since Sept. 11, however, a scrutinized application must receive explicit approval for each agency in order to pass—a procedure that has slowed down visa processing tremendously, and has prevented some prospective students and scholars from arriving in the U.S. in time for their studies...
...Harvard student from China did not receive his visa last fall largely because he was studying urban design, Casey says...
...average, up from $8,500 a decade ago, according to the Care One network of debt counselors. About two-thirds of that is credit-card debt. If you must carry a balance, at least switch to a no-fee, low-fixed-rate choice like Capital One Platinum Visa (8.9% with good credit) or American Express Blue...
...really cannot understand why I'm being denied access." RAZALI ISMAIL, UN special envoy to Burma, on the refusal of the country's hermetic, repressive military junta to grant him a visa for the past six months...