§1734 — Title 8 Aliens and Nationality | U.S. Code

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The Secretary of State must require consular officers who decide visas to get special training before they begin duty. The training must teach how to screen people who may threaten U.S. safety; how to identify aliens inadmissible under 1182(a)(3)(A) and (B); how to share intelligence about terrorists; and how to be culturally sensitive. Under section 1776 it must also cover detecting and analyzing fraudulent documents and working with immigration officers at ports of entry. The Secretary must coordinate with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, federal law enforcement, and the intelligence community to share unclassified reports and bulletins. Funds as needed are authorized.

Title 8, §1734

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(a)The Secretary of State shall require that all consular officers responsible for adjudicating visa applications, before undertaking to perform consular responsibilities, receive specialized training in the effective screening of visa applicants who pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the United States. Such officers shall be specially and extensively trained in the identification of aliens inadmissible under section 1182(a)(3)(A) and (B) of this title, interagency and international intelligence sharing regarding terrorists and terrorism, and cultural-sensitivity toward visa applicants. In accordance with section 1776 of this title, and as part of the consular training provided to such officers by the Secretary of State, such officers shall also receive training in detecting fraudulent documents and general document forensics and shall be required as part of such training to work with immigration officers conducting inspections of applicants for admission into the United States at ports of entry.

(b)As an ongoing component of the training required in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall coordinate with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, Federal law enforcement agencies, and the intelligence community to compile and disseminate to the Bureau of Consular Affairs reports, bulletins, updates, and other current unclassified information relevant to terrorists and terrorism and to screening visa applicants who pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the United States.

(c)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section.

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2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–458 inserted at end “In accordance with section 1776 of this title, and as part of the consular training provided to such officers by the Secretary of State, such officers shall also receive training in detecting fraudulent documents and general document forensics and shall be required as part of such training to work with immigration officers conducting inspections of applicants for admission into the United States at ports of entry.”

§1734 Improved training for consular officers

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Title 8, §1734

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