Governor Chris Sununu to Meet with US State Department Officials

Harmony, NH – Tomorrow, Governor Chris Sununu will meet with officers from the USA State Division in Washington to press the necessity for the administration to take the mandatory, instant steps to make sure a well timed, adequate, and clean course of for J-1 Visas for the BridgeUSA program contributors.

Forward of his go to, the Governor co-authored a bipartisan letter with Governor Janet Mills (ME) and Governor Spencer Cox (UT) final week on the important want for a swift course of this 12 months. The Governors wrote, “For these helpful applications to operate this 12 months, we request that uniform steering be issued directing our embassies and consulates make well timed visa interview appointments obtainable to J-1 Visa candidates in satisfactory quantity, to waive in-person interviews when cheap, and never place limitations on the numbers of candidates that may be processed beneath comparable 2019 ranges. After two years, this system, contributors, hosts and sponsor group can’t maintain one other 12 months of delays and limitations with out inflicting irreparable hurt to the picture of this system, status of the USA, and additional financial harm to U.S. companies and camps throughout the nation. The timeline is essential, and we ask that you simply subject this steering as quickly as attainable.”

A duplicate of the letter could be discovered right here.

Whereas in Washington, the Governor can even attend the annual American Activity Pressure on Lebanon (ATFL) Dinner on Wednesday, Could 11 the place he can be honored with the Philip Habib Award for Distinguished Public Service. The Governor has attended the annual ATFL dinner in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Notice: The Governor departs New Hampshire this afternoon and can return to New Hampshire on Thursday morning. At no level throughout this journey will Governor Sununu be unavailable to behave in his official capability as Governor.