As part of the Afghan Special Immigration Visa (SIV) Chief of Mission (COM) application, the Employee Badges are required to be scanned and included in your SIV application for COM approval.
What happens if Employee Badge is not included in SIV application?
After your SIV application is reviewed and if a required document such as Employee Badge is found to be missing, you will receive a “Missing Document” email notification informing you to submit the required missing document.
The Employee Badge tends to be the most frequently missing document notification received by the SIV applicants.
How to prevent receiving the missing documents notification email?
The best method to avoid receiving missing documents notification email is to review your SIV application and review the requirements before you submit your SIV application.
Five items are required for COM approval:
- Verification of Employment in Afghanistan (HR Letter)
- Letter of Recommendation
- Updated Form DS-157, Petition for Special Immigrant Classification for Afghan SIV Applicants (2022 version)
- Evidence of Afghan Nationality (Afghan Passport or Tazkera)
- Employee Badge(s)
If you do not have any of these documents, then you must write a detailed written explanation to explain why you do not have the required document in your SIV application email.
Note: The HR Letter and Letter of Recommendation are mandatory and are 100% required. You must submit these letters and they must meet the SIV requirements.
The recommendation letter can be written by other non-US citizen direct supervisors. Your supervisor does not have to be US citizen anymore.
To learn about SIV document requirements, read the Applicant Guidelines for the Chief of Mission Approval
*** You can view HR Letter and Recommendation Letter samples in the SIV Guide
How to fix the missing SIV Employee Badge?
You have two options to fix the missing employee badge:
- Option 1 – Submit Employee Badge scanned copy
- Option 2 – Write a detailed written explanation
Option 1 – Submit Employee Badge
If you have a scanned copy of your employee badge, then submit the employee badge copy in PDF format by replying to your missing document email notification.
In the email message, write:
I am the principal applicant writing this email. I have attached a copy of my employee badge as requested.
My information is:
Full Name:
Date of Birth:
Case Number:
Option 2 – Write a detailed written explanation
If you do not have a copy of your employee badge, you must write a detailed written explanation explaining why you do not have an employee badge.
To: AfghanSIVApplication@state.gov
Email Subject: Case Number
Email Message:
I am the principal applicant writing this email. I want to explain that I do not have my employee badge because [Write the reason you do not have your employee badge copy ] – Write your own reason.
My information is:
Full Name:
Date of Birth:
Case Number:
!لطفا دلایل خود را بنویسید این نمونه ها را کورکورانه کپی نکنید
Reason samples:
- I do not have have my employee badge because I had returned my employee badge when my employment ended and I was not allowed to make copies of my employee badge.
- I do not have my employee badge because I had destroyed it for my personal safety reasons and I do not have a copy of my employee badge.
- I do not have my employee badge because it was lost and I do not have a copy of my employee badge.
- I do not have my employee badge because my employer never issued me an employee badge and thus I never had an employee badge.
!لطفا دلایل خود را بنویسید این نمونه ها را کورکورانه کپی نکنید