February 9, 2007

Coalition of Diverse Groups Calls for a More Open U.S. Visa Policy

By BURTON BOLLAG

Despite improvements, U.S. visa-approval procedures are still needlessly slow and unfriendly for foreign scholars, students, and others, and are in urgent need of revision, a coalition of five exchange, trade, and research organizations say in a policy proposal released last week.

The proposal was signed by the Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange, the Coalition for Employment Through Exports, the Heritage Foundation, Nafsa: Association of International

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