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As reported by The Telegraph, officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State are planning to significantly decrease the visa processing delays faced by foreign students and researchers. Under a new “streamlined” process, the time needed for a visa security review will be reduced from several months to two weeks. American universities that rely upon foreign science and engineering graduates and doctors—especially from China and India—to lead scientific and technical research projects have complained about the delays in the American visa application process.