Word: visas
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...military junta to free, in May last year, the Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. So it was a surprise when, in late April, the Malaysian diplomat told reporters in Bangkok he was "perplexed and disappointed" with the generals' refusal to grant him a visa for the past six months so that he could try to foster dialogue between the two sides: "I really cannot understand why I'm being denied access." Apparently the change in tactics was effective. Junta spokesman Colonel Hla Min announced last week that the U.N. envoy would be allowed back...
...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...
...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...