Office of Inspector General Report on Lottery Fiasco

Posted on November 2, 2011

http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/176330.pdf

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Case Studies

R was worried. We had helped R receive a nonimmigrant waiver for a Section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) a few years ago. Before Trump 2.0, renewals of nonimmigrant waivers were relatively straightforward: as long as the applicant complied with the terms of the visa and the waiver, the consular officer would usually renew the nonimmigrant waiver. But that changed in 2025. The Trump Administration announced that it would no longer defer to previous grants of nonimmigrant waivers. When R’s nonimmigrant waiver process dragged on and on, R became anxious. He thought that he would not be able to visit his family in the United States. But after we continued to press his case, finally, the Embassy issued to him the visa — granting the nonimmigrant waiver for the maximum period of 5 years.

Case of R.R.

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