Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation

[摘要] This report opens with an overview of visa issuances, with sections on procedures for aliens coming to live in the United States permanently and on procedures for aliens admitted for temporary stays. It includes a discussion of visa screening policies, including inadmissibility, databases, an analysis of visa refusals, biometric visas and other major visa policy procedures. The final section analyzes selected issues in the 110th Congress, notably new technologies, impact on travel and commerce, and security concerns.

[发布日期] 2007-01-24 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Immigration policy;Visas;Immigrants;Immigration