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From: "VanKoughnett, Hale G/ |
To: "'Katherine Brentzel'^_ I
Date: 3/1 1/03 3:51 PM
Subject: VRVK information

Hi Kate-here's the letter sent to Brian Zimmer (can't remember whose staff
he's on) followed by the text of the VRVK cable. Am still trying to get
prudential definition.
Hale
«Zimmer letter.doc» / ,. , 9
> SOURCE: DISKETTE.022564 UMJk ~h
> DRAFTED BY: CA/VO/F/S: JBBRENNAN:JBB -- 08/26/02 3-1616
> APPROVED BY: CA:CBARRY
> CA/VO:SAEDSON CA/VO/F/P:MREGAN CA/VO/L/AJGORSKY
> CA/VO/L/C:RBEER CA/VO/P:LPIASCIK INS/CAO:LCUSTER
> CA/EX/CSD:DWILLIAMS CA/EX/CSD:FTURLEY
>S/ES-O: PNEUREITER
> ------------------ DE39E3 262035Z/38
>R262023ZAUG02
> FM SECSTATE WASHDC
> TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS
> SPECIAL EMBASSY PROGRAM
> AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE
> AMEMBASSY KABUL
> AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
>
>UNCLAS STATE 163057

> E.O. 12958: N/A

> TAGS: CVIS. ASEC, CMGT
> SUBJECT: REVOCATION CODE IN CLASS
>
> REF: A) 99 STATE 245040
> B) 00 STATE 83895
>
> 1. Summary: The Department is adding a code to CLASS t
> indicate that a visa has been revoked. Requirements for
> revoking a visa will remain unchanged. The new code will
> create a record in CLASS and the CCD that an issued visa
> has been revoked. The new code will be available to INS
> inspectors at Ports-of-Entry. End Summary
>
> 2. On August 15, the Department will activate a new CLASS
> code to be entered in all cases when a visa is revoked.
> The code must be entered in addition to the CLASS entry
> for the statutory basis for the revocation.
> . .
> 3. The new CLASS code will be entered in cases revoked by
> the Department and by consular officers abroad.
>
> 4. The code for revocations will be VRVK.
>
> 5. Whenever a visa is revoked in accordance with the
> guidance in 9 FAM 41 .122 and Reftel A, the new code must
> be entered into CLASS. If the visa foil number is known
Katherine Brentzel - VRVK information Page 2

> it should be entered into CLASS in the short comment

> field.
>
> 6. Posts are encouraged to use the Case Memo field in the
> NIV software to document steps taken in revocation cases.
>
> 7. Posts with the NIV 4.0 software should scan the
> documents relevant to the revocation case when creating
> the electronic CAT 1 file and should utilize the long
> comment feature in CLASS to document the essentials of the
> case.
>
> 8. Minimize considered.
> POWELL

>NNNN

> End Cable Text

>
 February 4, 2003

Dear Mr. Ziinmer:

Following up on the Bureau of Consular Affairs'

briefing with you in December, I am sending you further
information on the entry of revocations into the Consular
Lookout and Support System (CLASS) .

None of the 105 revocations that were the subject of

discussion at the briefing were entered into CLASS with a
revocation code in July, because a revocation code did not
yet exist. For these cases, the Visa Office followed the
standard procedures of the time by faxing the revocation
certificates to the INS Lookout Unit for entry into INS
systems. The Visa Office also notified the issuing posts
via cable that the visas had been revoked. The Department
entered the applicants into CLASS with P3B lookout codes , *
indcating that the be reviewed under the
INA's terrorism provisions. (INS has elected not to receive
the Department's P3B entries) The Department and INS
agreed to create a specific lookout code for visa
revocations. This code was added to the CLASS system in
August and is now in regular use by the Visa Office and
xeonsular officers abroad. The revocation code is picked up
automatically by the IBIS/TECS lookout system, available to
INS at ports-of-entry, in virtual real-time. The Visa
Office continues to fax copies of revocations to the INS
Lookout Unit as well.
\m our point of view, the interchange between

IBIS/TECS and CLASS is working. However, I cannot confirm

the details of statements made by INS at the meeting on
specific entries in the IBIS system. The "VRVK" records

Brian Zimmer
Senior Investigator, Majority Staff,
Committee on the Judiciary,
U.S. House of Representatives.
 -2-

that INS stated were from the Department were not in fact
entered by the Department. This statement is based on an
examination of the audit trail in the CLASS system. We
also noted that in some cases where INS showed no
Department of State entries, there were in fact some "NSER"
entries, which is a code indicating that a visa applicant
whose case had been handled by a consular officer had been
identified by that officer as a candidate for the INS alien
registration program known as NSEERS.

Should you wish us to examine some additional details,

we would be happy to do so.

Please feel free to contact us if we can be of further

assistance on this matter.

Sincerely, -

Catherine Barry
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Visa Services, Acting
Bureau of Consular Affairs
 UNCLASSIFIED

Hale C Vankoughnett 02/04/2003 05:01 :59 PM From DB/lnbox: Search Results

"
Cable Text:
UTE2120
ORIGIN VO-03
INFO LOG -00 MFA-00 NP-00 AF-00 AIT-03 AMAD-00 AOP-00
AEX-00 AS-01 A-00 ACQ-00 CA-01 CIAE-00 COME-00
CCOE-00 DIM-00 ANHR-00 WHA-00 DS-00 MEDE-00 EAP-00
EB-00 EUR-00 FBIE-00 UTED-00 CSEP-00 VC-00 FSI-00
OBO-00 H-01 TEDE-00 INSE-00 10-00 VCE-00 MMP-00
MOFM-05 M-00 AC-01 NEA-00 NSAE-00 OIG-03 CAEX-01
PER-00 PM-00 ACE-00 IRM-00 SSO-00 SS-00 TEST-00
USIE-00 SA-00 ASDS-01 FMP-00 ECA-00 SDBU-00 PMB-00
DSCC-00 PRM-00 ALM-00 SAS-00 PMA-00 /020R
163057
SOURCE: DISKETTE.022564
DRAFTED BY: CA/VO/F/S:JBBRENNAN:JBB -- 08/26/02 3-1616
APPROVED BY: CA:CBARRY
CA/VO:SAEDSON CA/VO/F/P:MREGAN CA/VO/L/A:JGORSKY
CA/VO/L/C:RBEER CA/VO/P:LPIASCIK INS/CAO-LCUSTER
CA/EX/CSD:DWILLIAMS CA/EX/CSD:FTURLEY
S/ES-0: PNEUREITER
DE39E3 262035Z /38
R 262023Z AUG 02
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS
SPECIAL EMBASSY PROGRAM
AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE
AMEMBASSY KABUL
AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
UNCLAS STATE 163057

E.O. 12958: N/A

TAGS: CVIS, ASEC, CMGT
SUBJECT: REVOCATION CODE IN CLASS

REF: A) 99 STATE 245040

B) 00 STATE 83895
1. Summary: The Department Is adding a code to CLASS to
indicate that a visa has been revoked. Requirements for
revoking a visa will remain unchanged. The new code will
create a record in CLASS and the CCD that an issued visa
has been revoked. The new code will be available to INS
inspectors at Ports-of-Entry. End Summary
2. On August 15, the Department will activate a new CLASS
code to be entered in all cases when a visa is revoked.
The code must be entered in addition to the CLASS entry
for the statutory basis for the revocation.

UNCUBSF.ED
 UNCLASSIFIED

3. The new CLASS code will be entered in cases revoked by

the Department and by consular officers abroad.
4. The code for revocations will be VRVK.
5. Whenever a visa is revoked in accordance with the
guidance in 9 FAM 41.122 and Reftel A, the new code must
be entered into CLASS. If the visa foil number is known
it should be entered into CLASS in the short comment
field.
6. Posts are encouraged to use the Case Memo field in the
NIV software to document steps taken in revocation cases.
7. Posts with the NIV 4.0 software should scan the
documents relevant to the revocation case when creating
the electronic CAT 1 file and should utilize the long
comment feature in CLASS to document the essentials of the
case.
8. Minimize considered.
POWELL

End Cable Text

Hale C Vankoughnett 02/04/2003 05:01:59 PM From DB/lnbox: Search Results

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