State Department : Tourist Visa Processing Backlogs Persist at U.S. Consulates: Report to the Honorable Bob Graham and the Honorable Ernest F. Hollings, U.S. Senate |
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15 business days 26 consulates Affairs Program Plan application methods backlog to exist backlogs in processing better work load border security Brasilia Brazil Bureau of Consular Caracas Comments Consular Affairs Program consular officials told consulate in Sao consulate's appointment system consulates we reviewed delays Department Dominican Republic drop-box equipment upgrades fiscal year 1997 foreign service officers Hong Kong improve inadequate computer increased interviewed Mexico City nonimmigrant visa applications nonimmigrant visa processing number of applicants overseas posts peak periods peak-season backlogs percent processing nonimmigrant visas processing visas resources needed Rio de Janeiro Santo Domingo Sao Paulo consular Sao Paulo consulate's Secretary for Visa senior consular official Seoul South Korea staffing gaps staffing problems staffing shortages standards for processing State's Taiwan total turnaround period travel agency U.S. Consulates U.S. family member U.S. General Accounting United Venezuela Visa Processing Backlogs visa processing turnaround visa work load visa-processing operations Washington winter holiday season