[An-lang] Re: COOL6 - potential problem

[Pila Wilson]

Thanks Claire.

wahi a Claire Bowern <bowern at fas.harvard.edu>:
>
>Couple of points from Harvard's Interational Office.
>
>Countries requiring special security clearance: visas may be delayed 6-8
>weeks or "an unspecified length of time"
>The countries are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cuba,
>Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, **Indonesia**, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
>Lebanon,
>Libya, **Malaysia**, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi
>Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and
>the territories of Gaza and West Bank. This list may continue to be
>expanded.
>
>Furthermore:
>"Media sources have reported that Special Registration may be required of
>any non-immigrant who has made "unexplained visits" to Afghanistan, Egypt,
>Somalia, Indonesia, or Malaysia, in addition to the countries listed
>above. Special Registration is currently in effect for citizens and
>nationals from 25 countries who are already present in the United States."
>(countries listed above are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and Syria)
>
>Further details from
>http://www.hio.harvard.edu/students_scholars/travel/special_registration.php
>
>Further information which may affect people:
>
>>From this coming October if you do not have a machine-readable passport
>you cannot enter the USA under a visa waiver program - you have to apply
>for a visa.
>
>At some point passports with biometric data will also be required, but
>apparently the leglisation is still being finalised so noone knows what's
>going on so there's a heap of conflicting information around (e.g. some
>say it starts on Jauary 30th, some say it doesn't start until October
>2004, some say it doesn't apply to old passports, etc).
>
>Claire
>
>
>------------
>Claire Bowern
>Department of Linguistics
>Harvard University
>305 Boylston Hall
>Cambridge, MA, 02138
>


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