But officials did not revoke his two-year multiple-entry visa, which was issued in June 2008.
Regev also promised that if Chomsky returns, he will be granted an entry visa.
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Abdulmutallab, who had a multiple entry visa to the United States, was charged Saturday in a federal criminal complaint.
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.
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One man, Sam Bahoor(ph), who has lived in Ramallah on a renewable three-month tourist visa for the past 14 years, was given only a month-long entry visa when he arrived a few weeks ago.
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.
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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.
But the H-1B visa battle over legal entry for the highly trained--many from Asia--is also part of the swirling American debate.
Members of dance groups from Armenia and Romania were refused entry after questions were raised about their visa applications.
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.
If it were feasible, Greenpeace might want to sail it up to the door of President Yudhoyono and ask why the organisation's UK director, John Sauven, was refused entry to Indonesia and deported earlier this week - despite having a valid visa.
Going back to the topic of national security, yesterday, as you know, you just commented on the President announced that he wants to speed up the tourist visa process in certain countries, as well as expand the Global Entry program.
It is surprising that the Directive is not being leveraged more by the established U.S. players because it grants a license and the authority to issue prepaid Mastercard and VISA products directly after attaining card association membership thereby dramatically lowering the barriers to entry.
Jordan has imposed stiff visa requirements for Iraqis traveling there, and Iraq is working on efforts to facilitate the entry of some of its nationals to Jordan.
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