Visa Appointment System Warns of 20-Day Wait for Certain Applicants

While the State Department continues to refuse to confirm press reports that young males from Middle Eastern countries will face 20-day waits for security checks before receiving a nonimmigrant visa, the following message appears when individuals born in certain countries attempt to make a visa appointment through the on-line Visa Appointment Reservation System:

"Effective immediately, the State Department has introduced a 20-day waiting period for men from certain countries, ages 16-45, applying for visas into the United States." The following countries of birth are among those for whom this message appears: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Dijbouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.