Abdulmutallab, who had a multiple entry visa to the United States, was charged Saturday in a federal criminal complaint.
But officials did not revoke his two-year multiple-entry visa, which was issued in June 2008.
AbdulMutallab, a Nigerian who had a multiple-entry visa to the United States, had been added to a watch list of 550, 000 potential terrorist threats.
The tale of Mr Abdulmutallab, who had a multiple-entry visa to America, will feed the fear that al-Qaeda is trying to use militants with easy access to the West.
However, the State Department remained unaware that AbdulMutallab had the multiple-entry visa until after he allegedly tried to blow up the airplane more than a month later, the officials said.
CNN: State Department failed to confirm terror suspect's visa
AbdulMutallab, a Nigerian who had a multiple-entry visa to the United States, had been added to a watch list of 550, 000 potential terrorist threats after the information provided by his father was forwarded to the National Counter-Terrorism Center, a senior administration official said.
The visa was a standard multiple-entry tourist visa good for two years.
Abdulmutallab was granted a multiple-year, multiple-entry tourist visa at the U.S. Embassy in London in June 2008, the administration official said.
CNN: Source: Terror suspect's father tried to warn authorities
He applied for a multiple-entry U.S. visa on June 12, 2008, and received it June 16, 2008.
The multiple-entry U.S. visa was issued in London, England, in June 2008 with an expiration date of June 2010, Demuren said.
On May 24th the two countries are expected to ease a tight visa regime, allowing multiple-entry visas and access beyond each country's three largest cities.
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