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Backlogs in the visa program continue to delay students—about 10 students missed the beginning of the term last fall...
...visa delays are only one of several new challenges to the nation’s international community that has arisen in the wake of Sept...
Knowing what to expect meant that Harvard administrators were able to take several steps to ensure that as few visa applications as possible were lost in the bureaucratic shuffle, said Harvard International Office (HIO) Director Sharon Ladd. In some cases, she said, this meant talking with the government directly to follow up on specific cases...
...most Washington representatives of Harvard’s peers, visa delays were not the most pressing issue under criticism...
Ladd works from the Holyoke Center, trying to minimize the number of students stranded in their home countries due to backlogs visa system. Over the past two summers, she geared up for the school year by working with students whose visa applications have gotten stuck behind national backlogs in visa processing...