Coming to America: Initiatives for Better, Faster, and More

Congress and the Administration should improve the visa issuancesystem by creating a risk management system to separate low-riskapplicants from high-risk applicants; defining more clearly theroles of consular officers, visa security officers, and otherpersonnel involved in the visa review process and enhancing theirtraining; expanding the Visa Security Program; and establishing avisa ombudsman authority.

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