Once a VisaScreen TM Certificate is issued, who receives the original document?
The VisaScreen TM Certificate is issued directly to the applicant who successfully completed all of the requirements of the program. The applicant then presents it to a consular office or attorney general (when applicable) as part of a visa application. My VisaScreen TM Certificate does not contain my picture, the signature of the CGFNS president and CEO, or an expiration date. Is it still valid? In January, 2004, CGFNS began to include the signatures of the organization’s President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as an expiration date on VisaScreen TM Certificates. VisaScreen TM Certificates were first issued in conjunction with the issuing of three interim rules by the DHS on October 1998, April 1999, and in January 2001. Therefore VisaScreen TM Certificates issued during these periods and prior to January 2004 would not contain signatures or expiration dates, however will remain valid. Some VisaScreen TMcertificates may also include a photograph of the applicant (which CGFNS ha
