Changes in the process for issuing nonimmigrant visas for travel to the United States since September 11, 2001, have made it much more difficult for American employers to facilitate the movement of employees in the global market. The suspension of the domestic visa revalidation program for workers currently in the United States requires that companies send employees abroad to renew visas. Given the delays in scheduling interviews at certain consular posts and the need for the employee to travel with his/her family to revalidate all visas at once, companies have no way to determine how long an employee may be absent from the United States. The result is American employers lose a degree of predictability and incur greater cost.

 

Read ACIP's "Solutions for Immigration" Series paper titled "Increase Efficiency & Maintain Security: Re-Open the Domestic Visa Revalidation Program" here.