Visa clearances will be valid for one year

Visa Mantis clearances will be valid for one year for all applicants returning to the same program or activity.

UNCLAS STATE 153587
FOR CONSULAR SECTION CHIEFS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CVIS
SUBJECT: STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES NO. 22: REVISION TO
VISAS MANTIS CLEARANCE PROCEDURE

REF: A) 99 STATE 158241 B) 02 STATE 139546 C) 03 STATE
29840

1. This is to advise posts of a change in clearance
procedures for certain categories of applicants subject to
Visas Mantis. Length of validity of clearances for these
applicants is being extended to one year provided certain
conditions are met.

2. Ref A established a clearance procedure known at the
time as Visas Eagle Mantis for applicants of any
nationality, coming to the U.S. at the invitation of a USG
entity to engage in activity involving any of the sensitive
technologies on the Technology Alert List. Posts were able
to issue visas in those cases after a 10-working day
suspense period unless otherwise directed by the
Department. That provision was terminated by Ref B, which
requires posts to receive an affirmative response from the
Department before a visa can be issued.

3. The original Ref A instructions also stated that such
clearance was valid for the duration of the individual's
activity in the U.S. This meant that individuals whose
visas had expired but were still in legal status could
depart the U.S. and receive a new visa without going
through the Mantis clearance procedure again, as long as
they were returning to the same program and same duties and
responsibilities within that program. In those instances
posts were required only to submit a post-check Eagle
Mantis cable upon visa issuance. Because Ref B terminated
all post-check Eagle procedures, this option has not been
available to posts since transmission of Ref B.

4. Following inter-agency consultations, Department is
reinstating post-check visas and a longer validity
clearance for certain Visas Mantis applicants as described
below. Upon receipt of this cable posts will no longer
need to seek a Visas Mantis clearance in advance of visa
issuance if all/rpt/all of the following conditions are
met:

a) The applicant is returning to a USG-sponsored program or
activity and will perform the same duties/functions at
the same facility or organization that was the basis for
the original Mantis authorization.
b) Post has evidence from its own records, from an
annotation on the visa or from the original visa issuing
post that a Mantis authorization was received for the
applicant for this program or activity.
c) Upon issuance of the visa post sends to Department a
post-check Visas Mantis cable containing all of the
information normally in such a cable, as well as
providing the date of visa issuance. The last words of
the subject line should be "post-check" and the last
paragraph of the cable should indicate the date the visa
was issued.

5. Provided all the above conditions have been met,
clearances will be valid for up to one year. This means
that visas issued pursuant to the above conditions may not
be valid for more than 12 months, regardless of the maximum
visa reciprocity otherwise available to the applicant. To
facilitate such re-issuances posts are reminded of the
importance of properly annotating visas when the original
Mantis clearance is received. Such annotations should
include the name of the USG sponsor as well as the date and
MRN of the authorization cable. So, for example, the
annotation for an applicant authorized to visit the Sandia
National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico would read
as follows:

"Sandia National Lab; Mantis Authorization per State xxxxx"

6. Ref C terminated the use of the "Eagle Mantis"
designator, and instructed posts to use only the "Mantis"
designator unless there were CLASS hits relating to the
applicant. Posts were requested to use the "Donkey Mantis"
designator for Mantis cases with CLASS hits. Posts now
should use just the "Mantis" designator for all cases which
are being submitted for review under the Mantis criteria,
but still must note any CLASS hits that post believes apply
to the applicant. Posts may create a template for VISAS
MANTIS if they have not already done so, using either the
EAGLE MANTIS or DONKEY MANTIS cable template as the basis.
Posts cannot remove the requirement for either selecting
hits or marking the cable as class hits negative.

7. Posts may direct any questions they have on this
procedure to CA/VO/L/C.

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