Kennedy was also influential in bringing about peace in Northern Ireland by urging President Clinton to grant Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams a U.S. visa, an act opposed by U.S. ally Great Britain.
The sanctions imposed on PDVSA only prohibit the company from obtaining either a U.S. export visa or money from the U.S. Import-Export Bank, as well as banning them from attempting to obtain U.S. procurement contracts.
The average wait time in some countries for obtaining a U.S. visa is 100 days.
The U.S. visa system is the single biggest obstacle in attracting more international tourists.
Mr. Gramajo was accused of torture by human-rights groups and his U.S. visa was eventually revoked.
He applied for a multiple-entry U.S. visa on June 12, 2008, and received it June 16, 2008.
He was required to show his documents -- including a valid U.S. visa.
The multiple-entry U.S. visa was issued in London, England, in June 2008 with an expiration date of June 2010, Demuren said.
He was required to show his documents, including a valid U.S. visa.
The suspect had a shoulder bag and went through the normal check-in process with his passport and U.S. visa scanned, Demuren said Sunday.
In his address, the president listed steps so far to enhance security, including more airport screening and tighter monitoring of U.S. visa holders.
"A misspelling of Mr. AbdulMutallab's name initially resulted in the State Department believing he did not have a valid U.S. visa, " the report continued.
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He noted the Christmas Day attempt as an example, saying the suspect had a U.S. visa but little history of involvement with terrorist groups.
"Mr. AbdulMutallab possessed a U.S. visa, but this fact was not correlated with the concerns of Mr. AbdulMutallab's father about Mr. AbdulMutallab's potential radicalization, " the report said.
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Walters later sent a follow-up e-mail to Jonathan Wald, advising him not to bother following up with the college graduate, since she did not have an appropriate U.S. visa.
"What it will do is make sure that there aren't any extra hoops for either a distinguished individual, like former President Mandela, or other members of the African National Congress to get a U.S. visa, " Casey said.
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The official, who could not speak on the record because of the sensitive nature of the information, said the elder Abdulmutallab was deemed credible as a source, but did not have enough specific information to justify canceling his son's U.S. visa or putting him on a "no-fly" list.
In addition they're seeking to create a new visa program to bring foreign agriculture workers to the U.S. But wages and visa caps have been sticking points, just as they were for a separate low-skilled worker program that was resolved recently with a deal between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO.
And according to the visa bulletin the U.S. government sends out each month, the wait could be another four years.
There are questions over whether Cole can get a work visa in the U.S. due to a previous assault conviction.
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Abdulmutallab was granted a multiple-year, multiple-entry tourist visa at the U.S. Embassy in London in June 2008, the administration official said.
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By next year MasterCard will have more credit cards issued in the U.S. than Visa, according to the Nilson Report, which tracks the industry.
Like many of his colleagues, the educated interpreter, whose father was an Afghan National Police general, is applying for a special U.S. immigration visa.
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In the U.S., Visa saw meager 0.7% growth in volume.
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Abdulmutallab returned to London in May, and received a tourist visa from the U.S. Embassy there that he used to fly to Detroit from the Nigerian commercial capital of Lagos via Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a botched State Department lottery in which some 22, 000 foreign applicants were informed that they had won a chance for a U.S. resident visa only to have it later retracted due to a computer glitch.
Between June 30 and Nov. 30, long-term visa holders from the U.K. jumped 43% to 7, 160.
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