1.   And Ashcroft vowed to revamp the visa application process by requiring deeper background checks before applications are approved.

2.   A number of U.S. companies provide organized tours and can facilitate the visa application process.

3.   But security experts have expressed fresh concerns that some foreign visitors can avoid the visa process altogether.

4.   For now, more intense background checks will slow the visa process for young men from Arab and Muslim nations, the State Department has decided.

5.   She pointed to the FBI, the CIA, and the aviation industry as well as the underfunded visa clearance process operated in U.S. embassies around the world.

6.   The new application fee, mandated by Congress to offset costs of automating the visa process, hardly could have come at a worse time.

7.   An offiical said the visa process was classified.

8.   Classes include advice on navigating the college and student visa application process.

9.   Critics have said China may be trying to delay the visa process to limit the number of participants and control the meetings.

10.   Elements of the program include expanding integrated border enforcement teams, adding Canadian officials to the U.S. foreign terrorist tracking task force and tightening the visa entry process.