Word: visas
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...more support for American foreign policy abroad by insulting those governments that have stood by us thus far. There are now 10,000 troops, representing several European allies, under Polish command in southern Iraq. The Poles, for their part, have not been able to obtain the same privileged visa-free status that French and German travelers now hold to enter the U.S. This remains State Department policy in spite of the fact that France and Germany, unlike Poland, are known to have terrorist cells operating on their soil. Polish companies have found lucrative reconstruction contracts scarce in the new Iraq...
...Points can be redeemed at affiliated companies--for lattes at Starbucks, chinos at the Gap, flights on Delta. The number of accounts offering rewards jumped from 35 million to 56 million last year, according to the industry-tracking Nilson Report. And the offers keep rolling in. Bank One and Visa launched a card last month with Sony; American Express added to its program last week a company called Space Adventures, which sells "space flight experiences," including airplane rides that simulate weightlessness. According to Synovate, a market-research firm, U.S. households received 263 million pitches for co-branded credit cards...
...We’re trying to monitor what the issues are with visa delays so we can in some way bring some of this to the attention of the government,” Ladd said. “This has been on the front burner for some time...
Casey and Ladd said that an ad hoc committee chaired by University General Counsel Robert W. Iuliano ’83 has been investigating student visa problems and possible solutions for over a year...
Getting or renewing a visa is not the only impediment in the path of foreign students, however, according to Syverson...