What is the function of the Department of State as it relates to immigration?
| The United States
Department of State, commonly referred to as "DOS" is a
department of the federal government.
The Immigration and Nationality Act, regulates the admission of aliens into the United States. The Act designates the Attorney General (Department of Homeland Security) and the Secretary of State (Department of State) as the principal administrators of its provisions. The consular offices of the United States Department of State throughout the world are generally the initial contact for aliens in foreign countries who desire to enter the United States as nonimmigrants or immigrants. These consular offices process visas, and upon properly obtained eligibility documentation, issue appropriate nonimmigrant or immigrant visas. |