Visa Webinar invitation for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs event
Circular Ref: 0(22)57
Issue Date: 03 Nov 2022
Members are invited to note that the U.S. Department of State’s (State) Bureau of Consular Affairs will hold a webinar on Friday, November 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EST) on C-1/D visa processing issues. The webinar meeting is being held at the request of CLIA with the U.S. Department of State’s (State) Bureau of Consular Affairs.
The webinar is also open to representatives from the broader shipping community including cargo lines and tanker lines as facilitated by the Chamber of Shipping of America and invited via ICS (we have received this through the ICS).
During the webinar, representatives from the State Department will share helpful information on the status of C-1/D visa processing times in key countries from which many seafarers are sourced, review options that are available to companies to help expedite the processing of C-1/D visas and provide a forum for dialogue between companies and Consular Affairs staff to address questions.
Registration details are available via a link in the attached Annex.
During the webinar, representatives from the State Department will share helpful information on the status of C-1/D visa processing times in key countries from which many seafarers are sourced, review options that are available to companies to help expedite the processing of C-1/D visas and provide a forum for dialogue between companies and Consular Affairs staff to address questions.
Registration details are available via a link in the attached Annex.