28 August 2006

Online Discussion To Examine U.S. Visa Process

State Department official to discuss visa process, border security in USINFO webchat

 

Washington -- U.S. efforts to keep borders secure, to improve visa and entry processes and to welcome foreign visitors, students and businesspeople are the subject of a USINFO Webchat.

Join Tony Edson of the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs September 6 at 10:00 a.m. (1400 GMT) for an online discussion of U.S. “Secure Borders – Open Doors” policy in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (See related article.)

Edson is deputy assistant secretary for visa services in the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs. From 2001 until 2005 he served as managing director of visa services and senior advisor for strategic planning to the visa services directorate. He has held a number of overseas assignments in Japan, Thailand, India and Indonesia. 

If you would like to participate in this webchat, please sign up on the USINFO Webchat registration page.  Please tell us your preferred screen name; use of full names is not required.

If you have participated in one of our previous webchats, use the same user name and password. You may submit questions in advance to usinfowebchat@state.gov or directly during the webchat.

We accept questions and comments in advance of and at any time during the program. You also may e-mail questions without registering.

The transcript of this webchat will be available on USINFO’s Webchat Station, where information about upcoming webchats also is available.

Additional information on the visa process and traveling to the United States is available on the State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs Web site.