The State Department's efforts to swiftly process hundreds of thousands of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applications have not been enough to significantly decrease the waiting list, according to a new report from the inspector general's office.
Even though the department dedicated more resources to the program and attempted to streamline the process in early 2021, the department was still unable to handle the astronomical increase in demand due to the Taliban's takeover at the end of the United States's 20 years in Afghanistan, the IG said in the report.Afghans who worked alongside U.S.
The backlog of principal Afghan SIV applicants was up to nearly 155,000 by December 2022. When factoring in their family members as well, the State Department estimated that as of April 2023, more than 840,000 principal applicants and family members remained in Afghanistan, roughly 20 months after the end of the war. It's unclear where in the visa process they are at currently.
From the start of the Biden administration through August 1, 2023, the department has issued nearly 34,000 SIVs to principal applicants and their eligible family members, the official noted, saying it “represented substantial yearly increases from the previous several years.”
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