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9/11 PersonalPrivacyKatherine Brentzel - VRVK information ; Page 1_rom: "VanKoughnett, Hale G/ |

To: "'Katherine Brentzel'_IDate: 3/11/03 3:51 PMSubject: VRVK informationHi Kate-here's the letter sent to Brian Zimmer (can't remember whose staffhe's on) followed by the text of the VRVK cable. Amstill trying to getprudential definition.HaeZimmer 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 ALLDIPLOMATIC 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 INCLASS>> REF: A) 99 STATE 245040> B) 00 STATE 83895>> 1. Summary: The Department isadding 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 indicate that a visa has been revoked.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 has been revoked.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 accordancewith the> guidance in 9 FAM 41 122 and ReftelA, the new code must> be entered into CLASS. If the visa foil number isknown


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> it should be entered into CLAS S in the short comme nt> field.>> 6. Posts are encou raged to use the Case M emo field in the> NIV softwa re o document steps taken in revocation cases.>> 7. Posts with the N IV 4.0 so ftware should scan the> documents relevant to the revocation case when creating> the electronic CAT 1 file and should utilize the long> comm ent feature in CLASS to document the essentials of the> case.>> 8. Minimize considered.> POWELL

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February 4, 2003Dear Mr. Ziinmer:

Following up on the Bureau of Consular Affairs'briefing with you in December, I am sending you furtherinformation on the entry of revocations into the ConsularLookout and Support System (CLASS) .

None of the 105 revocations that were the subject ofdiscussion at the briefing were entered into CLASS with arevocation code in July, because a revocation code did notyet exist. For these cases, the Visa Office followed thestandard procedures of the time by faxing the revocationcertificates to the INS Lookout Unit for entry into INSsystems. The Visa Office also notified the issuing postsvia cable that the visas had been revoked. The Departmententered the applicants into CLASS with P3B lookout codes ,indcating that the be reviewed under theINA's terrorism provisions. (INS has elected not to receivethe Department's P3B entries) The Department and INSagreed to create a specific lookout code for visarevocations. This code was added to the CLASS system inAugust and is now in regular use by the Visa Office andxeonsular officers abroad. The revocation code is picked upautomatically by the IBIS/TECS lookout system, available toINS at ports-of-entry, in virtual real-time. The VisaOffice continues to fax copies of revocations to the INSLookout Unit as well.\m our point of view, the interchange betweenIBIS/TECS and CLASS is working. However, I cannot confirmthe details of statements made by INS at the meeting onspecific entries in the IBIS system. The "VRVK" records

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Brian ZimmerSenior Investigator, Majority Staff,

Committee on the Judiciary,U.S. House of Representatives.


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that INS stated were from the Department were not in factentered by the Department. This statement is based on anexamination of the audit trail in the CLASS system. Wealso noted that in some cases where INS showed noDepartment of State entries, there were in fact some "NSER"entries, which is a code indicating that a visa applicantwhose case had been handled by a consular officer had beenidentified by that officer as a candidate for the INS alienregistration 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 furtherassistance on this matter.

Sincerely, -

Catherine BarryDeputy Assistant Secretary

for Visa Services, ActingBureau of Consular Affairs


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E . O . 12958: N / AT A G S : C V I S , A S E C , C M G TS U B J E C T : R E V O C A T I O N C O D E I N C L A S SR E F : A) 99 STATE 245040B) 00 STATE 838951 . S u m m a r y : T h e D e p a r t m e n t I s a d d i n g a c o d e t o C L A S S t oi n d i c a t e t h a t a v i s a h a s b e e n r e v o k e d . R e q u i r e m e n t s f o rr e v o k i n g a v i s a w i l l r e m a i n u n c h a n g e d . T h e n e w c o d e w i l lc r e a t e a r e c o r d i n C L A S S a n d t h e C C D t h a t a n i s s u e d v i s ah a s b e e n r e v o k e d . T h e n e w c o d e w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e t o I N Si n s p e c t o r s a t P o r t s - o f - E n t r y . E n d S u m m a r y2 . O n A u g u s t 1 5 , t h e D e p a r t m e n t w i l l a c t i v a t e a n e w C L A S Sc o d e t o b e e n t e r e d i n a l l c a s e s w h e n a v i s a i s r e v o k e d .T h e c o d e m u s t b e e n t e r e d i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e C L A S S e n t r yf o r t h e s t a t u t o r y b a s i s f o r t h e r e v o c a t i o n .

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