Word: visas
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...Quinn, which was was meant to be reserved for M.P.s' spouses. In another incident, he sent two senior Home Office civil servants to a meeting between Quinn and her lawyers when news of the affair was about to break. Most damaging, he is alleged to have fast-tracked the visa renewal of the Quinns' former nanny, though the evidence is inconclusive and he strenuously denies it; the matter is now being officially investigated. Last week Quinn was in the hospital, dehydrated and vomiting, having apparently collapsed under the strain of constant publicity...
...colleges and universities during the 2003-2004 academic year. This decrease—the first in more than 30 years—comes at the heels of a drop-off in rate of growth in 2002-2003, which officials in the higher education community attribute to post-Sept. 11 visa restrictions and regulations...
...visa process remains complicated and filled with delays,” Summers wrote, “we risk losing some of our most talented scientists and compromising our country’s position at the forefront of technological innovation...
...addition to visa delays, several international administrators have cited complications surrounding SEVIS, a national database of foreign-student records established after Sept. 11, as a deterrent. In its first months of operation, the database was notorious for losing information, causing delays and preventing some scholars from entering the country successfully...
...time, our Mumbai office should also have useful contacts and information on safe places to stay, doctors, visa and passport information,” Fonseca wrote in an e-mail...