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		<title>Possible Implications of &#8220;Extreme Vetting&#8221; Protocols on the US Visa Application Process</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has come to this blogger&#8217;s attention that the new administration in the USA has promulgated policies which will place more scrutiny upon those who may be applying for visas to the USA in the future. The proposed &#8220;<a title="extreme vetting" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU-i5cSnRkQ">extreme vetting</a>&#8221; of US visa applications in a Consular Processing context appears to be aimed at narrow subsets of &#8220;red flagged&#8221; visa applicants. In order to best summarize this policy shift, it is necessary to <a title="quote directly" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-visas-exclusive-idUSKBN16U12X">quote directly</a> from a relatively recent Reuters article:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>The final cable seen by Reuters, issued on March 17, leaves in place an instruction to consular chiefs in each diplomatic mission, or post, to convene working groups of law enforcement and intelligence officials to &#8220;develop a list of criteria identifying sets of post applicant populations warranting increased scrutiny.&#8221; Applicants falling within one of these identified population groups should be considered for higher-level security screening&#8230;</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>The new administration appears keen to narrowly target those applicants which are deemed to be appropriate for &#8220;increased scrutiny&#8221;. However, a rather recent proposal has been submitted by the U.S. Department of State requesting implementation of the emergency review procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. In short, the DOS is requesting expedited processing of a request to modify the forms associated with applications for US visas. To quote directly from the US government website <a title="Regulations.gov" href="https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOS-2017-0019-0001">Regulations.gov</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>The Department proposes requesting the following information, if not already included in an application, from a subset of visa applicants worldwide, in order to more rigorously evaluate applicants for terrorism or other national security-related visa ineligibilities:</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Travel history during the last fifteen years, including source of funding for travel;</strong></li>
<li><strong>Address history during the last fifteen years;</strong></li>
<li><strong>Employment history during the last fifteen years;</strong></li>
<li><strong>All passport numbers and country of issuance held by the applicant;</strong></li>
<li><strong>Names and dates of birth for all siblings;</strong></li>
<li><strong>Name and dates of birth for all children;</strong></li>
<li><strong>Names and dates of birth for all current and former spouses, or civil or domestic partners;</strong></li>
<li><strong>Social media platforms and identifiers, also known as handles, used during the last five years; and</strong></li>
<li><strong>Phone numbers and email addresses used during the last five years.</strong></li>
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<p><strong>Most of this information is already collected on visa applications but for a shorter time period, <em>e.g.</em> five years rather than fifteen years. Requests for names and dates of birth of siblings and, for some applicants, children are new. The request for social media identifiers and associated platforms is new for the Department of State, although it is already collected on a voluntary basis by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for certain individuals.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>It is this blogger&#8217;s opinion that the long term implications of these policy changes will be broad. However, from reading the aforementioned notice, it appears that, at the present time, DOS personnel will only be seeking more detailed information on certain individual applicants, and not from all applicants seeking visas to the USA. How will the narrow subset of applicants subject to increased scrutiny be determined? To answer that it is necessary to quote further from the Regulations.gov website:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Department of State consular officers at visa-adjudicating posts worldwide will ask the proposed additional questions to resolve an applicant&#8217;s identity or to vet for terrorism or other national security related visa ineligibilities <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">when the consular officer determines that the circumstances of a visa applicant, a review of a visa application, or responses in a visa interview indicate a need for greater scrutiny.</span></em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Notwithstanding the fact that enhanced scrutiny will apparently only be applied on a case by case basis and only upon those individuals who are deemed to be in need of such scrutiny it seems logical to infer that at some point these additional screening protocols may be applied on a broader basis; if for no other reason than the fact that applying such scrutiny across the board might save time and resources of Consular Officials making cases by case determinations. As it stands, as of the time of this writing, the new protocols add a degree of uncertainty to the visa application process and Consular processing in general as it is difficult to foresee what may be considered a trait which warrants heightened scrutiny. Therefore, planning for such an eventuality is problematic.</p>
<p>As this situation continues to evolve this blog will post further updates.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[เห็นได้ชัด ว่า ฟอร์ม DS-160 ได้ถูกนำมาใช้เพื่อรวบรัดขั้นตอนการขอวีซ่าของผู้ต้องการขอ วีซ่าชั่วคราวเพื่อเข้าประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา ผู้เขียนได้ตัดตอนข้อความที่ประกาศไว้มาให้อ่านกันดังต่อไปนี้ ]]></description>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">หัวข้อที่ถกเถียงกันบ่อยบนบอร์ดนี้ก็คือ หัวข้อวีซ่าท่องเที่ยว สถานทูตสหรัฐอเมริกาประจำกรุงเทพมหานครจะออกวีซ่าท่องเที่ยวเป็นจำนวนมากในแต่ละแ ในอดีต คำร้องขอวีซ่าชั่วคราวจะต้องมีการยื่นแบบ DS-156 แต่ไม่นานมานี้ กระทรวงต่างประเทศได้ประกาศว่าไม่ให้ใช้ฟอร์ม DS-156 กับการขอวีซ่าท่องเที่ยว บีทู (<a title="B2" href="http://www.integrity-legal.com/us-visa-th/tourist-visa.html" target="_blank">B2</a>)อีกต่อไป</p>
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<p style="line-height: normal;">ฟอร์ม DS-160 แบบใหม่ เป็นฟอร์มคำขอวีซ่าชั่วคราวแบบอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ เป็นฟอร์มออนไลน์ที่ใช้บันทึกข้อมูลที่จำเป็นของผู้ขอวีซ่าชั่วคราว ฟอร์ม DS-160 นี้สามารถยื่นผ่านระบบอินเตอร์เนตไปยังกระทรวงต่างประเทศของสหรัฐโดยตรง เจ้าหน้าที่กงสุลจะอาศัยข้อมูลจากฟอร์ม DS-160 ที่ยื่นเพื่อใช้ประกอบการพิจารณาคำขอวีซ่า ประกอบกับการสัมภาษณ์แบบตัวต่อตัว เพื่อตัดสินว่าผู้ยื่นขอมีคุณสมบัติได้รับวีซ่าชั่วคราวหรือไม่</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">เห็นได้ชัดว่า ฟอร์ม DS-160 ได้ถูกนำมาใช้เพื่อรวบรัดขั้นตอนการขอวีซ่าของผู้ต้องการขอวีซ่าชั่วคราวเพื่อเข้าประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา ผู้เขียนได้ตัดตอนข้อความที่ประกาศไว้มาให้อ่านกันดังต่อไปนี้</p>
<p style="line-height: normal;">สถานทูตของสหรัฐอเมริกาและกงสุลทั้งหมดที่ดำเนินการคำขอวีซ่าชั่วคราวให้ใช้แบบฟอร์มออนไลน์ DS-160 แบบใหม่ ดังนั้นผู้ขอวีซ่าจะต้องใช้แบบฟอร์ม DS-160 ออนไลน์นี้กับการขอวีซ่าชั่วคราวเกือบทุกประเภท แต่ไม่ทั้งหมด โปรดดูหมวด ถาม-ตอบของกระทรวงการต่างประเทศ สำหรับข้อยกเว้นและเพื่อให้ทราบว่าวีซ่าชั่วคราวประเภทใดบ้างที่ยังคงใช้แบบฟอร์ม DS-156 ในขณะนี้</p>
<p style="line-height: normal;">มีหลายๆคนที่กังวลว่าการเปลี่ยนแปลงที่เพิ่งเกิดขึ้นนี้จะส่งผลกระทบกับคำขอวีซ่าประเภทอื่นๆ ความกังวลนี้มักจะเกิดขึ้นกับผู้ที่จะขอวีซ่า <a title="K1" href="http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99-k-1-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2/" target="_blank">K1</a> หรือ <a title="K3" href="http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/k1-visa/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A9-i-601-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9B/" target="_blank">K3</a> สำหรับคู่หมั้นหรือคู่สมรสต่างชาติ นั่นหมายความว่าคุณอาจจะต้องปรึกษากับที่ปรึกษาชาวอเมริกันที่เชี่ยวชาญเสียก่อนว่าคุณควรจะยื่นแบบฟอร์มประเภทอะไรจึงจะเหมาะกับวีซ่าประเภทที่คุณต้องการยื่นขอ และเช่นเคย คุณควรหมายเหตุไว้ว่าทนายความอเมริกันที่มีใบอนุญาตเท่านั้นที่จะสามารถให้ความช่วยเหลือด้านกฎหมายคนเข้าเมืองอเมริกันได้อย่างถูกกฎหมาย หลายๆคนอาจจะเห็นว่าการขอวีซ่าท่องเที่ยวไม่ต้องอาศัยความช่วยเหลือจากทนายอเมริกัน เนื่องจากจะทำให้เสียค่าใช้จ่ายมากขึ้นปล่าวๆ อย่างไรก็ตาม คำขอวีซ่าสำหรับบุคคลในครอบครัวของชาวอเมริกันบางประเภทนั้น การขอความช่วยเหลือจากทนายอาจจะเป็นประโยชน์มากทีเดียว</p>
<p style="line-height: normal;">ยังควรหมายเหตุไว้อีกว่าผู้ขอวีซ่าหลายๆคนถูกปฏิเสธวีซ่าจากเจ้าหน้าที่กงสุลอาศัยเหตุตาม พระราชบัญญัติคนเข้าเมืองและสัญชาติของอเมริกา มาตรา <a title="214(b)" href="http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/us-visa-thailand/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%8F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1/" target="_blank">214(b)</a> ซึ่งหมายความว่าผู้ขอวีซ่าไม่สามารถพิสูจน์ความสัมพันธ์อันแน่นแฟ้นกับประเทศบ้านเกิด และความสัมพันธ์ที่เปราะบางกับสหรัฐอเมริกา ผู้ที่ขอวีซ่าไปสหรัฐอเมริกาควรจำไว้ว่าหากว่าการอพยพเป็นเป้าหมายสุดท้ายของคุณแล้วละก็ การขอวีซ่าท่องเที่ยวอาจจะไม่ใช่วีซ่าประเภทที่เหมาะกับคุณ แม้ว่าวีซ่าจะได้รับการอนุมัติโดยกงสุลสหรัฐอเมริกาในต่างประเทศ แต่บุคคลต่างด้าวมีสิทธิที่จะถูกส่งตัวกลับเมื่อไปถึงด่านตรวจคนเข้าเมืองในสหรัฐอเมริกา หากว่า เจ้าหน้าที่ด่านตรวจคนเข้าเมืองและศุลกากรมีเหตุผลให้เชื่อได้ว่าผู้ขอวีซ่านั้นเป็นผู้ที่แฝงไปด้วยเจตนาอพยพเข้าสหรัฐอเมริกาเป็นการถาวร</p>
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		<title>US B2 Tourist Visa Thailand: The New DS-160</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, the DS-160 has been introduced in an effort to streamline the visa process for those seeking non-immigrant visas outside of the United States of America.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A frequently discussed topic on this blog is the <a title="US Tourist Visa" href="http://www.integrity-legal.com/us-visa/tourist-visa.html" target="_blank">US Tourist Visa</a>. The <a title="US Embassy Bangkok" href="http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/us-visa-immigration/visa-unit-at-us-embassy-in-bangkok-to-remain-closed-monday-may-24th/" target="_blank">US Embassy Bangkok</a> processes a significant number of US Tourist Visa applications each year. In the past, most non-immigrant visa applications required the submission of form DS-156. Recently, the US State Department <a title="announced" href="http://travel.state.gov/visa/forms/forms_4230.html" target="_blank">announced</a> that the DS-156 should no longer be used  by those seeking a US B2 Tourist Visa:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>The new DS-160, Nonimmigrant Visa Electronic Application, is a fully  integrated online application form that is used to collect                         the necessary application information from a  person seeking a nonimmigrant visa. The DS-160 is submitted  electronically to                         the Department of State via the Internet.  Consular Officers use the information entered on the DS-160 to process  the visa                         application and, combined with a personal  interview, determine an applicant’s eligibility for a nonimmigrant visa. </em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Apparently, the DS-160 has been introduced in an effort to streamline the visa process for those seeking non-immigrant visas outside of the United States of America. To quote the above announcement further:</p>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>All U</strong><strong>.S. Embassies and Consulates that process nonimmigrant visas now  use the new online DS-160. Therefore, visa applicants                         will need to apply using the online DS-160 for  most, but not all, nonimmigrant visa categories. Review the [State Department] FAQs for  exceptions                         and to find out which nonimmigrant categories  continue to use the DS-156 at this time.</strong></em></p></blockquote>
<p>There are many who worry that these recent changes will impact other types of applications. This worry seems to be most prevalently felt by those seeking <a title="K1 visa" href="http://www.integrity-legal.com/us-visa/k1-visa-process.html" target="_blank">K1 visa</a> benefits or <a title="K3 Visa" href="http://www.integrity-legal.com/us-visa/k3-visa-process.html" target="_blank">K3 Visa</a> benefits for a foreign <a title="fiancee" href="http://www.integrity-legal.com/us-visa/k1-visa-thailand.html" target="_blank">fiancee</a> or spouse. That said, consultation with an American legal professional may be necessary in order to determine which forms should be used when filing for certain visa categories. As always, it should be noted that only a licensed American attorney is entitled to assist in American Immigration matters. That said, many find that applying for a US Tourist Visa does not require the assistance of an <a title="American lawyer" href="http://www.integrity-legal.com/licensed-lawyers.html" target="_blank">American lawyer</a> as such assistance would likely add little value to such an application. However, many applicants for US family immigration benefits find that attorney assistance is beneficial.</p>
<p>It should be noted that many applicants find their application for a <a title="visa denied" href="http://www.integrity-legal.com/us-visa/visa-denial.html" target="_blank">visa denied</a> pursuant to the Consular Officer&#8217;s application of Section <a title="214(b)" href="http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/us-visa-thailand/us-visa-denial-under-214b-of-the-immigration-and-nationality-act/" target="_blank">214(b)</a> of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act. Such a finding basically means that the applicant was unable to show requisite &#8220;strong ties&#8221; to their home country and &#8220;weak ties&#8221; to the United States. Those seeking a visa to the USA should be advised that if immigration is the ultimate goal, then a tourist visa is not the proper travel document. Even if a visa application is approved by a <a title="US Consulate" href="http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/us-visa-immigration/consular-processing-fees-to-increase-on-june-4-2010/" target="_blank">US Consulate</a> overseas, the foreign national could still be placed in <a title="expedited removal" href="http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/us-visa-immigration/us-visa-denial-new-report-discusses-trends/" target="_blank">expedited removal</a> proceeding upon arrival at the port of entry in the USA if the <a title="Customs and Border Protection" href="http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/us-visa-immigration/customs-and-border-protection-says-h1n1-vaccine-not-necessary/" target="_blank">Customs and Border Protection</a> officers have reason to believe that the applicant is an undisclosed intending immigrant attempting to enter the USA.</p>
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