HALF OF APPLICANTS OF US VISAS TURNED DOWN LAST YEAR

ArmenPress
Feb 17 2005

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 17, ARMENPRESS: Some 11,204 Armenian citizens applied
last year to the US embassy in Yerevan to request permissions to travel
to the USA, and more than half of them, 6,016 applicants were denied
visas. The rest, 5,188 applicants were issued nonimmigrant visas.

In last December alone 1,211 Armenians sought visas and 548
applications were turned down. The US consular in Yerevan said some
9,098 applicants requested visas to travel to the USA as tourists
and 181 sought student visas.