Word: visas
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After Hindawi was arrested in April, the Palestinian disappeared from his job and may now be in the United States, the newspaper said. When he disappeared, so did the embassy's records of Hindawi's visa applications and those of several Syrians who were given British visas, the paper said...
British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe said Friday that Hindawi's visa was obtained under a false name and that his visa applications twice were backed by notes from the Syrian Foreign Ministry...
...paper quoted Balfour, now stationed in Dubai, as saying, "It's very much accepted practice if one government gives a note to another saying that this is Joe Soap's official passport, we take their word for it and issue a visa...
Asked to explain why Lara's visa was revoked, Immigration and Naturalization Service Spokesman Charles Troy said the agency had reason to believe she had entered the country to take part in subversion. But he refused to offer further details, saying only that the charge was based on "classified information" from other Government agencies...
...From mid-1983 to early 1984, Lara worked as a correspondent in Havana for Caracol Radio, a Colombian station, leading some to speculate that the INS suspected her of ties to the Castro government. But Lara pointed out that she entered the U.S. earlier this year on the same visa, which was issued last fall in Paris. Immigration officials say the issuance of the visa was the result of a slipup...