Click below to read current Consular Affairs press releases

08/10/04 Extension of Requirement for Biometric Passport Inssuance by Visa Waiver Program Countries

07/15/04 Biometric Passport Procurement Moves Forward

08/13/04 Announcement: ICAO Request for Information

06/23/04 Discontinuation of Domestic Visa Service for Certain Nonimmigrant Visas, July 16, 2004

06/03/04 Journalists Entering the United States Required to Have "I" Class Visas

05/06/04 U.S. to Share Lost and Stolen Passport Data with Interpol

04/02/04 Department of State and Department of Homeland Security Request Extension of Requirement for Biometric Passport Issuance by Visa Waiver Program Countries

02/05/04 All Minors Applying for a Passport Must Now Appear in Person

09/24/03 Machine-Readable Passports for Visa Waiver Program Travel Postponed

08/19/03 Diversity Visa Program Registration Turns Electronic

08/19/03 National Passport Information Center (NPIC) Expanded Service

08/08/03 National Passport Information Center (NPIC) Expanded Service

07/15/03 Restrictions on the Use of U.S. Passports for Travel to Iraq Lifted

06/24/03 Diversity Visa Lottery 2004 (DV-2004) Results

06/05/03 Contract Awarded for the National Passport Information Center

03/14/03 Department of State Launches Visa Education Campaign

Editorials

"We Don't Want to Lose Even One International Student," by Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Maura Harty.