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Many veterans who served in Afghanistan have received direct requests from Afghan allies to establish eligibility for a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV).

Scroll through to see the latest instructions from @StateDept for assisting Afghan allies with those requests.

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(2/8) SIV applicants must be able to prove that they have at least one year of qualifying employment by, or on behalf of, the U.S. government. The majority of SIV applicants are in this stage of the process.

See below for program details ⬇️ 

travel.state.gov/content/travel…

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Veterans who served as the direct, senior supervisor, or a person familiar with the work of SIV-eligible Afghans for/on behalf of the United States may submit a letter of recommendation or evaluation.

See below for what should be included in that letter ⬇️

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An SIV case number is required in order for a veteran's letter of reference to be matched with his or her Afghan colleague.

Failure to provide a case number means it is not possible to match the letter to the correct SIV applicant.

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If an applicant has just begun the SIV application process and they do not yet have a case number, please wait until a file has been opened and a case number has been assigned before contacting the State Department.

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If a veteran's Afghan colleague has already passed the first stage of this process, know that the @StateDept is doing all that it can to expedite the processing of all SIV applicants and is working to make sure these applicants can be transported to a safe place.

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Any veteran interested in helping to assist resettled Afghan SIVs and refugees, reach out to your local refugee resettlement agency.

For a list of resettlement agency and affiliate contacts, please visit wrapsnet.org/resources/

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Not all Afghans at risk will qualify for this program.

Any Afghans who are not potential SIV candidates can visit @StateDept's website for more information.

state.gov/afghanistan-in…