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		The Visa Express program is a symptom of deeply rooted problems in the bureau, which is charged with a unique, and conflicting, pair of goals: to provide public diplomacy on the front lines and to screen out potential terrorists before they reach our shores.
		As a way of defending Visa Express and the scuttling of the interview requirement, CA and State are proud to note that 12 of the Saudi 9/11 terrorists were interviewed.
		The visas should have been denied because of a provision in the law known as 214(b), which holds that almost all non-immigrant visa applicants are presumed to be would-be immigrants.
	www.cis.org /articles/Katz/katz2003.html (10105 words)

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	arevisala.blogspot.com (5221 words)

	Visa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	howvisaan.blogspot.com (5685 words)

	House turns back proposal to give authority to Homeland Security
		Visa Express was a program that began about three months before Sept. 11.
		Visa Express wasn't canceled until earlier this month, after the existence of the program was reported by Joel Mowbray, 26, a lawyer turned journalist.
		Ryan had been criticized for emphasizing service to visa applicants rather than security, and her retirement was announced July 11, the day Powell testified before Congress and the day after reports hit the news media of a visa-selling ring operating out of the U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar.
	www.post-gazette.com /nation/20020804visanat2p2.asp (752 words)

	idaho mountain express : Visa shortage puts SV Resort in hiring pinch : Wednesday, April 7, 2004
		Faced with a shortage of government visas for temporary foreign workers, Sun Valley Resort is seeking to hire more Idahoans to fill seasonal jobs.
		The federal cap on H-2B visas does not affect issuance of J-1 visas, which are typically acquired through a privately operated liaison and allow workers the freedom to change employers.
		The Idaho Mountain Express is distributed free to residents and guests throughout the Sun Valley, Idaho resort area community.
	www.mtexpress.com /2004/04-04-07/04-04-07visacap.htm (607 words)

	Visa USA \| Small Business & Merchants \| Visa services for quick service restaurants: FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Visa has partnered with major QSR brands and leading technology partners to develop fast, reliable automated customer-activated POS technology.
		In tests conducted by Visa, ninety-six percent of customers who paid with a payment card at QSRs using the customer-activated drive-thru solution indicated that the technology was "very easy" to use and that they were satisfied with the speed of service.
		For example, the Visa Payroll card is a great way to reduce payroll costs while giving your employees immediate access to their funds.
	usa.visa.com /business/accepting_visa/qsr/faq.html (1238 words)

	Is Security In The Cards? - Technology News by TechWeb
		Visa is expected to expand the program to include online tools that merchants can use to assess their site security.
		Both American Express and Visa, in their own separate ways, are providing the first steps to protect merchants as well as consumers, she noted.
		Visa's Buckley noted that SET is still being used in Latin America and Europe.
	www.techweb.com /wire/story/TWB20001013S0013 (881 words)

	U.S. News: The easy path to the United States for three of the 9/11 hijackers (12/12/01) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Visa Express program, put in place just four months before the attacks, allowed the three hijackers to arrange their visas through a State Department-designated travel agency, the official says.
		Of the 15 hijackers who obtained their non-immigrant visas in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. official says, 11 received them before the Visa Express program was put into place, in June.
		In a statement, Christopher Lamora, a State Department spokesman, said that Visa Express was instituted, based on a "traditionally low visa-refusal rate and incidence of fraud among Saudi applicants.'' He said that similar "interviews-by-exception programs' were in place in other countries, including France and the United Kingdom.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/terror/articles/visa011212.htm (942 words)

	American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. Comments
		Visa is willing to permit bank participants to issue cards of some other systems -- MasterCard (with whom, by its own admission, Visa does not truly compete), Diners Club (which is owned and operated by Citicorp, the largest Visa card issuer in the U.S.) and JCB (which has a very small presence in the U.S.).
		In the United States, Visa's enormous market power has enabled it to create an overwhelming disincentive for its members to develop competing proprietary networks of their own or to participate in either the American Express or in the NOVUS network.
		(4) Although Visa is structurally a horizontal joint venture, the bylaws are adopted by a Board of Directors made up of a small number of joint venture members and imposed vertically on all members in connection with their distribution of products and services bearing the Visa brand.
	www.ftc.gov /opp/global/amex.htm (2328 words)

	Travel Visa to China, India, Brazil, Russia & US Passport Application from Visa Express
		Visa Express, a member of the Unipac Travel Group, was established in 1992.
		Now Visa Express is the most experienced and reliable passport and visa service agency in the United States.
		Visa Express is a passport and visa expediting service, works directly with the US Department of State Passport Agencies to expedite new passport applications, passport renewals, and amendments to valid passports, such as applying for a name change or obtaining additional visa pages in your existing passport.
	www.visaexpress.net (298 words)

	July 15 - Grassley Describes New Developments on Visa Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In addition, early this Fall, depending upon the availability of resources, I would like to send teams of OIG consular management and security intelligence oversight inspectors to visa-issuing posts in those countries that are of special concern to the United States because of their ties to international terrorism.
		These teams would conduct on-site reviews of visa processing procedures and the dissemination of intelligence regarding known and potential terrorists to ensure that consular officers have and properly use all relevant data at their disposal when adjudicating visa applications.
		The chief of the non-immigrant visa unit is in e-mail contact several times weekly with the travel agencies answering questions and advising them of embassy closings and training schedules.
	grassley.senate.gov /releases/2002/p02r7-15.htm (3095 words)

	Russian visa, how to obtain them, what different types of Russian visas exist, how to get a Russia visa, Visa invitation
		Express to Russia is recommended for visa services in the new 2006 edition of the Lonely Planet Guide to Russia and Belarus.
		Express postage is extra - the delivery charges are usually between $5 and $70 to most points and are determined by the postal company (the lower price is for slow delivery, usually 2 weeks).
		Express to Russia is also available to answer all of your questions regarding Russian visa invitations.
	www.expresstorussia.com /russian_visas.html (875 words)

	Joel Mowbray on Visa Express on National Review Online
		The program that made this possible, Visa Express, is still using travel agents in Saudi Arabia to fill this vital role in United States border security.
		An obvious target for congressional hearings and public outcry, Visa Express allows residents of Saudi Arabia, including non-Saudi citizens, to apply for non-immigrant visas at private travel agencies.
		During her nearly decade-long tenure as head of CA, Ryan's most notable — and dubious — achievement is the dramatic decline in the number of visa applicants interviewed.
	www.nationalreview.com /mowbray/mowbray061402.asp (1155 words)

	visathai S.& A. Co., Ltd. Thailand visa information visathai04
		This visa allows the holder to remain in the Kingdom for a period of 60 days and can be single or double entry.
		The period that one is allowed to remain in the country is a matter decided by the local immigration authorities upon arrival in the Kingdom.
		A one year multiple entry visa will allow multiple entries into Thailand during the full course of that one year from date of issuance up until the end of one's last entry period of stay.
	www.geocities.com /visathai/visathai.htm (808 words)

	Visa Express
		The Bush administration instituted a policy toward Saudi immigration in June, 2001, called "Visa Express." Under this bent rule, Saudis could obtain U.S. visas without being photographed or having to apply in person.
		"Visa express" was a courtesy to "old friends." If this were the plot of a movie, critics would dismiss it as hackneyed, hokey, and dull.
		But it is not the plot of a movie, it is the incredible, shocking reality that has been all but ignored by the mainstream media.
	www.riprense.com /Visaexpress.htm (910 words)

	Business: American Express sues Visa, others
		On Monday, shares of American Express rose 37 cents to close at $56 on the New York Stock Exchange, where Morgan Stanley's shares rose 7 cents to close at $53.20.
		Visa said in a statement it would "vigorously fight" the lawsuit.
		Boies declined to say how the eight banks were chosen as targets in the case, saying only that they "participated most directly in the conduct that is at issue in the complaint" or had been "the greatest beneficiaries" of the anticompetitive conduct.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/11/16/Business/American_Express_sues.shtml (871 words)

	SCOPE TRAVEL INC - www.scopetravel.com - UKRAINE: VISA INFORMATION
		Visas cannot be obtained at the border except by persons holding a passport from a country with NO Embassy of Ukraine
		Please note: visa cost, handling fee and postage (courier) charges are non-refundable in the event that visa is refused or not used.
		Visas are not transferable from one passport to another.
	www.scopetravel.com /travel/visaservice (389 words)

	US Passport Application: Express Visa to China, Russia, India, Brazil
		Visa Express is the most experienced and reliable passport and visa service in the world.
		All service rates at Visa Express are guaranteed to be the lowest rate.
		We are specilized in China visa, Brazil visa, India visa and Russia visa.
	www.visa4you.net (242 words)

	FOXNews.com - American Express Sues Visa, MasterCard for Anti-Competitive Practices - Business And Money \| Business ...
		NEW YORK — American Express Co. (AXP) Monday sued credit card associations Visa and MasterCard and eight banks for damages from what it called anti-competitive practices that prevented 20,000 U.S. banks from using its credit card products.
		American Express said it is seeking to recover damages from lost business that could total in the billions of dollars.
		Visa said in a statement it will vigorously fight the lawsuit "because American Express already got what it wanted from the court — the ability to issue its products through Visa members."
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,138623,00.html (622 words)

	China Visa Requirements Page
		Multiple entry "L" visas for tourist visits and family visit travelers valid for six months or twelve months are also available.
		The China tourist visa is usually valid for three months from date of issue, for length of stay not to exceed 30 days.
		Passport must have at least six months remaining validity and contain at least one blank visa page for visa to be issued.
	www.traveldocs.com /cn/vr.htm (620 words)

	Travel to Russia Russian Visa Hotels in Moscow St petersburg Russia Russland visum
		It is not possible to obtain a visa at the airport or boarder, when entering Russia.
		Visas are issued by Russian Embassies/Consulates upon presenting the invitation and paying the consular fee.
		The invitation will be send by telex directly to the Russian Consulate where you will apply for your visa and you'll just need to know the telex number when you apply.
	www.visaru.com (485 words)

	Joel Mowbray on Visa Express on National Review Online
		Though the cancellation of Visa Express certainly shores up our border security, it should not detract from congressional efforts this week, led by Reps. Dave Weldon (R, Fla.) and Dan Burton (R, Ind.), to strip visa authority from State and hand it over to the new Department of Homeland Security.
		State is solely responsible for the lax visa policies that have taken root as part of the "courtesy culture," where the convenience of foreign visa applicants has trumped security concerns, and in many respects still does.
		But the discussion about the quantity and quality of interviews does not speak to the need for Homeland Security to take over visa issuance as much as State's reckless handling of Visa Express, a program that let in three of the Sept. 11 terrorists in the three months it was in operation before 9/11.
	www.nationalreview.com /mowbray/mowbray072202.asp (673 words)

	American Express sues Visa, MasterCard - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com
		NEW YORK - American Express Co., the travel and financial services giant, said Monday it was suing Visa and MasterCard along with eight banks for damages stemming from anticompetitive practices that prevented American Express from issuing cards through U.S. banks.
		American Express chairman and chief executive Kenneth Chenault said in a statement that the suit was triggered by the Supreme Court ruling.
		David Boies, a founding partner of Boies, Schiller and Flexner and lead attorney on the case, told reporters that the American Express and Discover cases might be combined during the initial "discovery" period in the court.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6494456 (912 words)

	THE STATE DEPARTMENT - Express Deception - Brief Article National Review - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"Visa Express" allowed Saudis to submit their applications to travel agents, who would then pass them to State's consular officers.
		State's record in creating and then defending Visa Express proves it unfit for the task, which should go to the Department of Homeland Security or an entirely new, more national- security-conscious agency.
		Boucher at one point attacked Mowbray for supposedly reporting that visa applicants are presumed eligible to enter the U.S. Mowbray actually hadn't written that -- but it is worse than he knew.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_14_54/ai_89636743 (693 words)

	World Tribune.com: U.S. ends 'visa express' policy for Saudis
		Officials said the new policy came after heavy criticism that the State Department continued to maintain the so-called visa express policy in Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the Islamic suicide attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11.
		Fifteen of the 19 attackers were Saudi nationals who were said to have benefited from a U.S. policy that favored visa applications from the kingdom.
		Until now, the embassy had interviewed a small minority of Saudis and processed visa applications sent from certified travel agents in the kingdom.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/WTARC/2002/ss_saudis_07_24.html (427 words)

	Visa Express - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Visa Express program was a U.S. State Department program that allowed residents of Saudi Arabia to enter the U.S. without proving their identities.
		It became controversial when some of the 9/11 hijackers used this program to gain entry into the country, and the program was eventually shut down.
		After considerable controversy, the State Department cancelled the program on July 19, 2002, and the head of the Visa Express program was forced to retire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Visa_Express (334 words)

	American Passport Express processes visa applications for Brazil
		Travelers with business purposes, such as attending meetings, except when the trip involves the provision of services of any nature in Brazil (in which case a Technical Visa is mandatory).
		That the visa applicant's trip to Brazil is of a short-term nature.
		That the goal of the visa applicant's trip to Brazil is strictly for business meetings not involving any technical assistance and not exceeding the legally authorized stay per visit.
	www.americanpassport.com /Brazil_Business_visa.php (1050 words)

	TNT Travel — Visa, entry visa, express visa
		Normally, the visa approval will be ready and a copy faxed to you within 7 days.
		In case of emergency, we can arrange visa collection on arrival,which is granted to passengers upon their arrival at the airport.
		If you need to extend your stay, we are able to arrange visa extension for you.
	www.tnt-vietnam.com /visa.php (163 words)

	US Passport - Obtain US Passport, New Passport Renewal application service agency office - Renew Passport. China visa, ...
		Passport Visa Express.com provides assistance with all types of passport applications: new us passport, passport renewal, lost passport, child passport, or applying for second US passport.
		Applying for a travel visa is quick and easy with Passport Visa Express.com.
		We specialize in visa processing for China, Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, India and ETA visa for Australia.
	www.passportvisaexpress.com (180 words)

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