Consulate General News 2006
America Extends Welcome to Visitors: Travel Since 9/11
Tony Edson
Date: Wednesday, 6 September 2006
Time: 18:00 UAE Time
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The U.S. government's commitment to improve the efficiency of visa and entry processes and to welcome foreign visitors, students and businesspeople to the United States is the subject of a USINFO Webchat. For the vast majority of qualified applicants—more than 97 percent—visas are processed within two days of the interview. Join Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services Tony Edson for a discussion on travel to the United States and how America continues to extend a welcome to visitors.
Guest Biography: Stephen A. “Tony” Edson is deputy assistant secretary for visa services in the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs. From 2001 until 2005 he served as managing director of visa services and senior advisor for strategic planning to the visa services directorate. He has held overseas assignments in Naha and Tokyo, Japan; Bangkok, Thailand; Mumbai, India; and Jakarta, Indonesia. Edson graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in East Asian languages and culture in 1980. He holds a master's degree in management from the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington.
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