The SIV case must be reopened by the State Department to repair six years of separation

Afghan refugee Waheed Akrami arrived in New York this month on humanitarian parole after a State Department blunder separated him from his family.

After SIV rejection, family reunites and discovers State Department failure. This is part of a series about how the State Department age determinations for a special immigrant visa applicant’s son put him in needless peril for years. The State Department's age determination on the SIV put the applicant in needless danger.