H.R.3039 - Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011

To promote job creation in the United States by directing the Secretary of State to address inefficiencies in the visa processing system that discourage overseas business and leisure travel to the United States, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Official: To promote job creation in the United States by directing the Secretary of State to address inefficiencies in the visa processing system that discourage overseas business and leisure travel to the United States, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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9/23/2011--Introduced.Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) set a visa processing standard of 12 or fewer calendar days at U.S. diplomatic and consular missions in China, Brazil, and India; and (2) use machine readable non
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9/23/2011--Introduced.Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of State to:
(1) set a visa processing standard of 12 or fewer calendar days at U.S. diplomatic and consular missions in China, Brazil, and India; and
(2) use machine readable nonimmigrant visa fees to hire a sufficient number of Foreign Service officers and limited non-career appointment consular officers to maintain such standard. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) conduct a two-year pilot program for the processing of nonimmigrant visas using secure remote video-conferencing technology for visa interviews, and
(2) work with other federal agencies that use such secure communications to help ensure security of the video-conferencing transmission and encryption. Directs the Secretary to provide Congress with an annual forecast of demand through 2020 for nonimmigrant visas in the high-growth markets of Brazil, China, and India. Authorizes the Secretary to modify or enter into agreements with certain countries on a non-reciprocal basis to allow for longer visa validity periods if doing so causes no adverse effects to the United States.

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05/22/12
H.R. 3039 and Next Steps for Visa Travel Reform

My name is Jessica Zuckerman. I am a research associate for Homeland Security and Latin America in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this testimony are my own, and should not

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05/18/12
Visas, the Economy, and 9/11: Will Evidence Trump Fear?

I testified yesterday to the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on immigration enforcement, which was considering H.R. 3039, the “Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act” introduced by Republican Congressman Joe Heck (R-NV).

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05/18/12
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Hearing

May 18, 2012 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- Thank you for holding this hearing today on legislation I introduced this past fall, H.R. 3039, the Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act.

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05/18/12
Today in Congress: NDAA amendment-palooza, plus 'painless

Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subc. On H.R. 3039 – Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011. 2141 RHOB. JUDICIARY -------------------------------------------------------4:00-Open. Constitution Subc.

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Today in Congress: NDAA amendment-palooza, plus 'painless

Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subc. On H.R. 3039 – Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011. 2141 RHOB. JUDICIARY -------------------------------------------------------4:00-Open. Constitution Subc.

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Today in Congress: NDAA amendment-palooza, plus 'painless

Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subc. On H.R. 3039 – Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011. 2141 RHOB. JUDICIARY -------------------------------------------------------4:00-Open. Constitution Subc.

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