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Resident Aliens Must Reapply for Visas
WASHINGTON (AP) - Foreigners with resident visas must reapply for visas overseas each time they leave the country, the State Department said Wednesday.
Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that in the past, foreigners with green cards were able to reapply for visas in the United States.
The reason for the switch, he said, is that U.S. embassies are better able to interview and fingerprint the growing number of visa applicants than do government offices in the United States.
"These people can stay as long as they want. They can leave when they want," Boucher said. "But when they come back, instead of getting a visa here in advance, they will have to get one overseas at one of our embassies and consulates and then come back."
The primary beneficiaries of the service in the United States have been foreign workers in computer and technology industries.
Boucher said almost 50 percent of the applicants have been from India. Other nationalities in the top five are Japanese, Chinese, British and South Koreans.
More than 50,000 people from more than 60 countries were processed last year, Boucher added.
2004-06-23 23:28:28 GMT