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The International Visitors Office has designed a questionnaire to collect information regarding visa-related issues from the scientific community. If your visa case has been delayed for more than 21 days and you are willing to share this information, please submit a questionnaire.
This information will be used by our office to:
report trends with visa applications;
generate reports on specific visa-related issues;
improve our ability to facilitate the free flow of scientists; and
inquire about the status of pending applications whenever possible. Collected information will only be accessible to staff of the International Visitors Office. No personal information, including an applicant’s name or e-mail address, will be used for any other purposes.
Your email address is required to contact you in the event that this office can assist in your case.
Statistical data can be found below under Visa Questionnaire Statistics. Notes on Administrative Processing
- If your application is pending administrative processing/security review (ex. Visa Mantis), please only submit a questionnaire if you have been waiting for at least 21 days after the date of your interview at the consulate.
- Once you have submitted a questionnaire, your case will be added to our database. One questionnaire submission per applicant, please.
- Corrections to your submitted information due to a change in your situation (i.e. you received your visa, you canceled your travel plans, etc.) should forwarded to visas@nas.edu with the applicant’s name, passport number and date of birth in the subject line.
- If you have difficulty completing the questionnaire or suggestions for improvement, please email us at
visas@nas.edu.
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DISCLAIMER: The purpose of this database is to collect information on visa issues to enable the National Academies to respond to problems related to visas. It is very important to note that the International Visitors Office (IVO) is not an office of the U.S. Department of State, which is in charge of all U.S. visa applications. The IVO is an office of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) which is a non-governmental organization with no control over U.S. visa regulation and therefore cannot issue visas or control the process in any way. Our office is gathering information on the problems that visa applicants from the scientific community are experiencing with the process and we are reporting any cases that have been pending for longer than 21 days to the Department of State.
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As of June 1, 2009 Total cases reported to IVO since fall 2002: 6895 Number of cases for which IVO has assisted: 6764
Statistics for IVO-Assisted Cases
Total Cases for 2009 - 197 (as of June 1, 2009) Resolved Cases - 90% Still pending - 10%
Resolved Cases Granted - 89% Closed no action taken - 11%
Current Cases - Visa interviews after January 1, 2009 Total Cases Received - 60 Resolved - 81% Granted - 58% Pending - 18% Unknown* - 2%
*Note: IVO has not received an update on these cases. Some of these applicants may have recently received visas.

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