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Visa Specialist
Department of State Headquarters · Posted 13 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $71K – $92K Apply by Sep 6, 2026 Passport And Visa Examining ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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This position is located in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Visa Office, Office of Domestic Operations, Remote Processing Division (CA/VO/DO/RP). The RP Division supports high-volume posts in need of additional nonimmigrant visa (NIV) adjudication capacity, reviewing and adjudicating nonimmigrant visa applications that are eligible for waiver of an in-person visa interview under the Interview Waiver (IW) authorities.
What You'll Do
- →Reviews nonimmigrant visa applications to ensure visas are issued or refused in compliance with current law and regulations.
- →Drafts responses to legal, Congressional and general public inquiries concerning visa matters.
- →Conducts interviews of visa applicants in a courteous and expeditious fashion.
- →Conducts in-depth fact-finding to resolve discrepancies with verbal and written documentation and devises unique methods to resolve issues of missing or conflicting documentation.
Requirements
- ✓See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.
- ✓When an applicant has less than one year of specialized experience as described in the announcement, he or she may combine successfully completed graduate-level education with experience to meet the total qualification requirements.
- ✓Generally, 18 graduate semester hours is equivalent to 1 full-time year of graduate study (your school and department determine what constitutes 1 full time year of graduate study).
- ✓The percentage of specialized work experience (for example, 6 months equals 50%) and the percentage of graduate study (for example, 9 graduate hours for a GS-07 equals 50% where 18 graduate hours constitute a full time year) must total at least 100%.
Personality Fit
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