Foreigners With Work Visas Must Reapply for Them Overseas

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Foreigners With Work Visas Must Reapply for Them Overseas
The Associated Press
Published: Jun 23, 2004


WASHINGTON (AP) - Foreigners with worker visas must reapply for them overseas when they leave the United States, the State Department said Wednesday.
Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that in the past, foreigners with worker visas who returned to their home countries were able to reapply for visas before they left the United States.

The reason for the switch, he said, is that U.S. embassies abroad are better equipped than government offices in the United States to interview and fingerprint the growing number of visa applicants.

"These people can stay as long as they want. They can leave when they want," Boucher said. "But when they come back, instead of getting a visa here in advance, they will have to get one overseas at one of our embassies and consulates and then come back."

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB2MAH6UVD.html

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1. duplicate

Please re-apply in this earlier thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=641945