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Original Message From: "Amjad AU" goacetravel.com> To; Qoacetravel.com>: goacetravel.com>; gpa.eetravel.com> Sent Tuesday, August 14,2001 11:13 AM Subject Fw: Some Important Notices and Changes with US Visa Express > Dear Rizwan, As discussed witti you .following is detailed e-mail and FYI to > act promptly . > Dear Shaukat (Ace Jeddah) and Rami (Ace Alkhobar) Please disperse below > update to your concern staff and we expect your usual professionalism > in-order to continually provide an excellent service to the applicants and > to meet our commitments in MOU. > Thanks and best regards . > Amjad Wian > — Of"
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> > and please pass these messages Oft to all your staff involved wiUi our US •> > Visa Express in Saudi Arabia: > > Please note that we wilt no longer be conducting any visa interviews » on Sundays. > > Please advise your customers to read their temporary-refusal letters > > carefully. The letters now state that the consular sections in Riyadh and > > Jeddah will be open for nonimmigrant visa interviews only on Saturday. > > Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday, from 06:00-1 D:OOa.m. > > we continue to be open every morning to receive applications from »the ten participating travel/courier companies. We will also make certain > > now that your expediters will be received on time when they arrive on > Sunday > > momfngs. We wfl! be balding our regular staff meetings now only after we > > have completed receiving the applications each morning from your
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> > Please note, however, that the USEmbassy will be closed completely »on Saturday, 1st September, in observance of our national Labor Day. > > Ptease. please note that we remain extremely concerned about the > > high numbers of inaccuracies in data entry from several of the companies. >We » are tallying these mistakes and will be considering them as we prepare to
> > evaluate service. Any mistake, inaccuracy in data entry throws off the > > entire process and slows everyone down. Please inform your staff directly
> > involved in data entry. » To help the companies improve your data entry and > > processing, we plan to send out our chief visa assistants to your head > > offices for more training In the near future. Please help us schedule and > > coordinate these training visits by our senior nonimmigrant visa staff. > > We also ask that companies work to be very organized about their > > submissions of applications. For example, before bringing the disks Info >the > > embassy, please be sure the data was downloaded. Make sure the disks work. > > Also, it helps to organize the applications into batches of Saudis only > and > > other batches of non-Saudis. > > Unfortunately, some of the companies are not promoting the service » as promised in the Memorandum of Understanding signed last spring. As a
> > result, those companies are not bringing in anywhere near the same volume >of
> > applications as other companies. We are concerned that aff ten companies > > selected to participate In this service win remain competitive. > > Finally, I would like to say how much I have enjoyed working with > > all of you in launching this very successful US Visa Express here in > Saudia > > Arabia. Sadly, though, it is now time for me to leave this position in the > > Consular Section. Of course, I am happy also to move Into my next > scheduled > > job as a Political Officer In ihe Embassy. But it's been a real pleasure > and S/27/01
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> > honor to be a part of the Consular staff here and also to work with all of > > you in the travel/courier business throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. >l > > vril( continue to work with the Consular staff even when I am in another > > position. And I will always be available and willing to help and offer > > advice for continuing our Visa Express and launching it elsewhere in the
> > region. » tt is my honor to hand over Ihis very interesting and > > satisfying job as Chief of the Nonimmigrant Visa Section in Riyadh to my > > colleague and successor, Mr James Rowers, who has iust arrived here in > > Riyadh. (His email address is:| I and Tie will be moving > > into my current office with tel. extension #1129.) Please feel free to > > contact him or any of our staff about your ideas and suggestions for > > continuing to build and improve our already very successful USVtea > Express. Thank you all for your cooperation. Best regards^ |
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