There are tens of thousands of Afghans who have applied for Special Immigrant Visas whose applications are still being processed nearly a year after the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan, a senior administration official said
According to the official, as of last week, there were 74,274 principal applicants in the pipeline for the SIV, a visa meant for those who worked for the US government during its two decades of involvement in the war in Afghanistan.
During the US withdrawal the country last year the Biden administration faced severe criticism for its handling of SIVs who had troubles getting out of the country quickly amid the chaos of the Taliban takeover. Secretary of State Antony Blinken launched a 90-day review of the State Department's role in the Afghanistan withdrawal late last year. That report has been completed but none of its findings have been made public.
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