NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR RECEIVING U.S. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA BECOMES STABLE FOR PAST TWO YEARS IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Dec 19 2007
YEREVAN,DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. As of December 18, 10 400 people have
applied to the U.S. Embassy in Armenia for receiving U.S. non-immigrant
visa. This index is almost the same in comparison with that of the
previous year. This statement was made by Robin Busse, the Consul
of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia. According to him, the number of
applicants has decreased since 1999, and has become stable for the
past two years. Robin Busse also mentioned that approximately 60% of
the applications for receiving non-immigrant visa has been rejected
for the past ten years.
According to him, by the U.S. Law on Immigration, any person applying
for visa is considered a potential immigrant. In his words, the aim
of conducting interviews is to find out the stable relations and
circumstances of the applicant, that is personal, financial-economic,
real estate property, to name but a few, which will make him/her
return. However, in the words of Robin Busse, "they take into
consideration the consciousness of the person." That is to say,
the applicant may have a profitable job but not be able to present
the aim of his journey in a convincing way. The Consul admits that
sometimes they also make mistakes, however, he is sure that they
mainly make right decisions.
Robin Busse also mentioned that the number of the RA citizens, who
break the terms of the visa and stay in the United States of America
longer or do not return at all, is not small.