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发帖数: 149 | 1 我计划在4月25日回国，机票已订，需要回国返签H1b。没想到签证预约还挺难的。买机
票后第一次打电话说可以预约5月9日，但4月份的预约还可能放出，就没有约。过三天
电话就已经约到5月19日了，还没约下。我三年前回国时也是签H1b，被check了两个星
期。请问以前有类似经历的朋友，我这次回去是不是很容易被check？我也听说过check
一次5内不用再被check的说法，不是是否是真。而且最近听说美国政府还可能要关闭。
都不知道要不要先退机票算了。 | f****y
发帖数: 235 | 2 6. How long are Mantis case visas good for?
Before February 11, 2005, consular post officials could issue visas that
were valid for 1 year, at which time the visa holder reapplied. Since
February 11, 2005, students can receive Mantis clearances valid for the
length of the approved academic program up to 4 years and temporary workers,
exchange visitors, and intracompany transferees up to 2 years. This
procedural change allows State to cut in half the total number of Mantis
cases processed each year.
The FBI, for its part, has gone on record that “an extension in Mantis
clearances would significantly reduce its capability to track and
investigate individuals subject to the Visas Mantis program. The FBI
informed [GAO] that without the same frequency of automatic Mantis
notifications, it would have far less knowledge of when these individuals
enter the country, where they go, and what they are supposed to do while
here. As a result, the FBI made its agreement to State’s and DHS’s
proposal conditional on receiving access to the US-VISIT system and the
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). The US-VISIT is
housed in DHS and is a governmentwide program for collecting, maintaining,
and sharing information on certain foreign nationals who enter and exit the
US. SEVIS is a system that maintains information on international students
and exchange visitors and their dependents in the US.” (p. 16)
Sources:
*A visa is a travel document that allows a foreign visitor to present
himself or herself at a port of entry for admission to the US. See also Biot
#188: “How the ‘Student and Exchange Visitor Information System’ (SEVIS)
Is Strengthening Homeland Security” available at: http://www.semp.us/biots/biot_188.html.
**GAO “Border Security: Streamlined Visas Mantis Program Has Lowered Burden
on Foreign Science Students and Scholars, but Further Refinements Needed,”
GAO 05-198, February 2004. Available at www.gao.gov. |
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