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בתגובה ל: Post Admission Forum #418

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"על פי כתבה שהתפרסמה אתמול, משרד החוץ החליט להקל על הפונים לויזות סטודנט, לפחות בקשר לתקופת ההמתנה לויזה. להלן מלל הכתבה:

State Department Puts Foreign Students and Professors First in
Line for Visa Interviews

By MICHAEL ARNONE
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Under pressure from college advocacy groups, the U.S.
Department of State has told its overseas consular offices to
schedule students, professors, and researchers first in
interviews that are part of antiterrorism screenings of nearly
all visa applicants. Copies of the notice were sent by telegram on June 3 by Janice
L. Jacobs, deputy assistant secretary for visa services. The
message tells all diplomatic and consular posts to "give
priority to students and exchange visitors in the professor,
student, and research-scholar categories."

The telegram, which the State Department did not publicize,
modifies a May message that required almost all foreigners
seeking visas — millions of people — to have in-person
interviews with consular officials before getting approval for
the documents. The program scrutinizes foreign visitors more
closely in the hopes of weeding out potential terrorists. All
consular offices must begin following the rule by August 1.

College officials are afraid that the requirement will lead to
increased delays that will keep students and scholars from
arriving on campuses in time for the fall term. By requiring
so many people to have interviews, "we were afraid that our
people would just get lost in the queue," said Victor C.
Johnson, associate executive director of NAFSA: Association of
International Educators.
Reports are already circulating of foreign students and
scholars who cannot obtain visa interviews before they are due
on their campuses, Mr. Johnson said. He and other college
officials fear that the delays will discourage foreign
students and scholars from coming to American institutions to
study, teach, or do research.

בברכה,
עו"ד ליעם שוורץ
קן-תור, שוורץ עו"ד
דיני כניסה ועבודה לארה"ב
[email protected] http://www.ksvisa.com
טל: 03-6138202 פקס: 03-6137944

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בתגובה ל: ארכיון 1: ???Any Israeli Applicants #413

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בתגובה ל: Post Admission Forum #149

Hi all,

I have been to the embassy. Here is a "shopping list" I hope you find
helpful:

1. Try to get there at 7:30; later on there is a really long line.

2. Your photo should be 5cmX5cm and with white background, stapled to
the DS-156 page, not on the face.

3. Women need to fill the DS-156 and the DS-158; men need to fill the
DS-157 in addition. All documents can be downloaded from the site at
face=Miriam Fixed color=#0000ffhttp://usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/noniv.htm (scroll down a
little)

*** They don't let you carry cell phones and handhelds to the room
so if you plan to fill the forms at the embassy bring a piece of
paper with all the information you need.

4. You need to pay 500 shekels per applicant at "Bank HaDoar" before
you arrive at the embassy. They have the necessary form; you can pay
with cash only. The list of branches that offer this service is
provided at
face=Miriam Fixed color=#0000ffhttp://www.postil.com/unitinfouser.nsf/All/EE2A181382F8B54D42256D20003
12C5D?OpenDocument

5. For the married ones, bring a copy of your marriage certificate. I
don't know why, I was asked to do so.

6. For all, bring a copy of the letter from the bank that you
provided for your I-20 form. The clerk at the embassy said this may
help prevent an interview invitation.

7. If you are planning to send your furniture, make a copy of your
passport before going to the embassy, cause they hold on to your
passport for a while.

8. If you can, try to bring any letter proving your connection to
Israel: letter proving you have a property here, letter from a
company planning to employ you upon return etc. It is not necessary
but may help prevent an interview invitation.

Good luck,
Roni Karassik

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