Foreign Service Officer: ORAL ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE

Sinclair, Steven
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Amina al-Kurdi [alkurdi_amina@state.gov]
Wednesday, July 27, 2007 5:57 PM
Steven Sinclair [sinclair_steven@state.gov]
Updated Visa Services Data
Mr. Sinclair:
Last week Dahlia asked me to give you an update as to the workload we have
been experiencing in the first half of 2007. I apologize for not replying sooner, but
I was out taking a presentation skills training course most of last week.
We have issued approximately 10% more non-immigrant visas but rejected 25%
more non-immigrant visas than in the first six months of last year. The number of
immigrant visas issued and refused has also increased, but only by 5% and 10%,
respectively. The number of fraud investigations has increased dramatically. We
have conducted 350 already this year. One thing that is not well represented in
these numbers is the fact that amount of time spent on each visa application has
gone up, so our workload has doubly increased. We keep falling further and
further behind.
Amina al-Kurdi