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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents “effective immediately” to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The new procedure is the government’s first security change directly related to the Boston bombings. Politics [...]
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Official: Arrested student entered US without visa
Posted by admin on May 1st, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in January despite not having a valid student visa, a federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press. Tweet This Post
High-skilled visa requests likely to exceed supply
Posted by admin on April 2nd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department expects applications for high-skilled immigration visas to outpace the available supply in a matter of days, one of the fastest runs on the much-sought-after work permits in years and a sign of continued economic recovery amid new hiring by U.S. technology companies. Tweet This Post
U.S. “Genius” visa attracts entrepreneurs and Playmates
Posted by admin on June 29th, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Shera Bechard, the Canadian-born former girlfriend of Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner, would not be an obvious candidate for the special visas that the U.S. government reserves for "individuals with extraordinary ability." Playboy magazine named Bechard Miss November in 2010, and she also started an online photo-sharing craze called "Frisky Friday." [...]
New Visa Talking Credit Card Urges Buyers To Go For It
Posted by admin on May 1st, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO—Financial services giant Visa held a press event Tuesday to introduce "Visa Voice," a new line of talking credit cards that urges shoppers to just go ahead and buy it if that’s what they really want. "Whenever … Tweet This Post
Cuba Denies Travel Visa for Prominent Dissident Blogger
Posted by admin on February 10th, 2012
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25 Comments »Kazakh citizens to travel less for Greek visa
Posted by admin on December 29th, 2011
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Open thread for night owls: Visa works to skirt Durbin Amendment
Posted by admin on October 11th, 2011
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[video] FBI Uncovers Largest Credit Card Scam In History After Raiding Visa Headquarters
Posted by admin on August 19th, 2011
Nation’s students to give American education system yet another chance, man overcomes alcoholism without Jesus by his side, and study shows: 96% of humans would rather be an animatronic bear. Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: After, card, Credit, Headquarters, history, Largest, Raiding, Scam, Uncovers, video, Visa No Comments »Visa Exposed As Massive Credit Card Scam
Posted by admin on August 15th, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO—In coordinated raids Monday at locations in Delaware, South Dakota, and California, federal agents apprehended dozens of executives at Visa Inc., a sham corporation accused of perpetrating the largest credit card scam in U.S. Tweet This Post
