State Department discrimination?
Mar 20th 2001, 10:39 am
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All processing fees and visa conditions (for ex H1B) are different for different
categories of countries. H1B visa fees differ 10 times between countries. Anyone from
EU can any time come to US and for those in Eastern Europe you have to go through the
hell of consular interview and still not get the visa.
I understand that US doesn't like countries like Belarus or Lybia. But why does it
translate into the attitude to the usual people in that countries? People in
countries with repressive regimes normally do not support their governments. So why
they should be responsible for wrongdoings of governments? Isn't that the real
discrimination based on citizenship? Where is the point?
Such US policy goes strongly against the traditional US values as equal
opportunities.
And also US consular officials in "bad" countries treat local people like shit. They
can afford in their behavior such things for which they would be immediately fired if
they do that in US.
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categories of countries. H1B visa fees differ 10 times between countries. Anyone from
EU can any time come to US and for those in Eastern Europe you have to go through the
hell of consular interview and still not get the visa.
I understand that US doesn't like countries like Belarus or Lybia. But why does it
translate into the attitude to the usual people in that countries? People in
countries with repressive regimes normally do not support their governments. So why
they should be responsible for wrongdoings of governments? Isn't that the real
discrimination based on citizenship? Where is the point?
Such US policy goes strongly against the traditional US values as equal
opportunities.
And also US consular officials in "bad" countries treat local people like shit. They
can afford in their behavior such things for which they would be immediately fired if
they do that in US.
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Mar 27th 2001, 5:51 pm
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Yuri Victorovich wrote:
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For the record, the fees are based on reciprocity, not whether the U.S. "likes" a
country or not. See http://travel.state.gov/reciprocity/.
And the main reason that it is harder to get a temporary visa is that conditions are
fairly good in the EU, so the U.S. consular officers are more likely to believe that
applicants for a temporary visa will return to their home country, but conditions are
not so good in Eastern Europe, so the U.S. consular officers are more likely to
believe that such applicants will not return to their home country.
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The U.S. has taken in more refugees and asylees from victims of repressive
governments, by far, than the rest of the world put together.
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For the record, the fees are based on reciprocity, not whether the U.S. "likes" a
country or not. See http://travel.state.gov/reciprocity/.
And the main reason that it is harder to get a temporary visa is that conditions are
fairly good in the EU, so the U.S. consular officers are more likely to believe that
applicants for a temporary visa will return to their home country, but conditions are
not so good in Eastern Europe, so the U.S. consular officers are more likely to
believe that such applicants will not return to their home country.
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The U.S. has taken in more refugees and asylees from victims of repressive
governments, by far, than the rest of the world put together.
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