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• Visa Incorporated F4Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-27

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jason Kupferberg - UBS Securities. Jason Kupferberg - UBS Securities Nice to see the top-line upside here and we appreciate the initial look at fiscal 2011. Just a quick question and a follow-up. First of all, with regard to...

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• Visa fee hike to pay for data gathering

  - 2008-06-01

  The Department of Homeland Security DHS is seeking to extend a J-1 visa fee increase to help pay for a nonimmigrant information collection program. The proposed regulation was posted on the Federal Register March 26. Fees for J-1 visas--which allow for eigners to enter the United States to...

  Tags: foreigner, Government, Regulations, U.S., U.S. Department of Homeland Security, visa, Visa Inc.

• Former Foreign Service Officer Sentenced in Visa Fraud Conspiracy.

  - 2007-03-07

  M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2007-US DEPT OF STATE: Former Foreign Service Officer Sentenced in Visa Fraud ConspiracyC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06032007 The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago led a 22-month investigation,...

  Tags: Litigation, officer, SOFTWARE, U.S., U.S. Department of State, visa, Visa Inc.

• US Raises Concerns Over Israeli Visa Policies.

  - 2006-10-19

  By Jim Teeple (VOA-Jerusalem) The U.S. government says it is concerned about new visa restrictions Israel is imposing on Palestinian-Americans who want to visit or live in the Palestinian territories. State Department officials have delivered a demarche, or diplomatic note, to...

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• House Votes to End Visa Lottery

  - 2006-01-03

  McGoldrick, Debbie Irish Voice 01-03-2006 THE House easily passed a sweeping immigration bill last Friday that will make undocumented aliens felons who are subject to prison sentences if caught, and places strict new procedures on employers to check an alien's work...

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• Visa malfeasance eyed.(visa issuance)(Brief Article)

  - 2006-01-01

  A Government Accountability Office investigation of 11 U.S. consulates in six countries found that half of them were not following proper procedures to guard against visa fraud on the part of U.S. officials. While the number of consulates inspected was small--there are 211 ...

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• Border Security: More Emphasis on State's Consular Safeguards Could Mitigate Visa Malfeasance Risks

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  Issuing a U.S. visa to a foreign citizen in exchange for money or something of value is a crime that can facilitate entry into the United States of unqualified persons, including those who may wish to do our country harm. Internal controls make it difficult for an employee to commit...

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• Border Security: Strengthened Visa Process Would Benefit From Additional Management Actions by State and DHS

  BNET - 2005-09-13

  In adjudicating a visa application, Department of State State consular officers are on the front line of defense against those whose entry would likely be harmful to U.S. national interests. In October 2002, GAO identified shortcomings and made recommendations on the role of national security in the visa process. This...

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• Worldwide Business Visa Center opens July 15, 2005.

  - 2005-07-15

  M2 PRESSWIRE-15 July 2005-US DEPT OF STATE: Worldwide Business Visa Center opens July 15, 2005C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14072005 The Department of State is pleased to announce the latest step in our ongoing effort to better facilitate the issuance of visas for...

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• Dumb Decision On Visa Denial

  - 2005-05-31

  Irish Voice 05-31-2005 WHOEVER the genius was in the State Department who blocked the visa for Sinn Fein's U.S. representative Rita O'Hare deserves to be sent overseas to a mission in Timbuktu or some such forsaken place. Perhaps they could be placed in...

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