Biden administration streamlines SIV program for Afghans who worked alongside US troops in Afghanistan
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The Biden administration is changing the Special Immigrant Visa Program to streamline the process for Afghan applicants who worked alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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On Monday, though, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced a change to the program that will "simplify and streamline" the application process for Afghan applicants.
"The United States continues to demonstrate its commitment to the thousands of brave Afghans who stood side-by-side with us over the course of the past two decades," they said in a statement, adding that the Biden administration has "already undertaken substantial steps to improve" the SIV program, and noted the update to the process "reflects our commitment to do so."
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