Word: visas
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...Visa problems prevented six students—four fewer than last year—from making it to Cambridge in time for enrollment this semester, according to recent figures from the Harvard International Office...
...improvement is consistent with a decline in visa delays nationwide and is the result of recent government efforts to make the visa-issuing process—wildly unpredictable since Sept. 11—more efficient, an administrator in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Tuesday...
Also at yesterday’s meeting, Summers spoke optimistically about the University’s continued accessibility to foreign students despite the introduction of stricter visa procedures following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks...
Bhabha said the recent changes to the U.S. visa process have lengthened the time and effort required for international students to procure visas...
...flood of credit-card offers into your mailbox is set to increase following a court decision last week that opened the door for American Express and Discover to pursue your business more aggressively. By opting not to hear the last-possible appeal of an antitrust ruling against MasterCard and Visa, the Supreme Court ended a six-year legal battle over how the two market leaders blocked rivals from partnering with card-issuing banks. American Express announced that it would roll out credit cards with MBNA, and Discover is pursuing new partners too. The change comes at a time when consumers...