SIV
noun
: a retrovirus (Lentivirus simimdef) that causes a disease in monkeys similar to AIDS and that is closely related to HIV-2 of humans
called also simian immunodeficiency virus
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According to the latest data from the State Department, more than 125,000 Afghans have outstanding applications for an SIV.
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Chris Boccia, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
Safi told Newsweek that many Afghans had to seek asylum and TPS status because their SIV applications were still being processed when the abrupt troop withdrawal took place four years ago.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
Amiri managed to get to the United States on what's known as a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), a status for which individuals who fought and worked alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan are eligible and which can lead to permanent legal status.
—Andrew Schneider, NPR, 7 May 2025
Tens of thousands of Afghans have already been caught in limbo due to other Trump administration executive orders suspending the US refugee admissions program and the suspension of foreign aid funding for flights of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Together the measures have affected roughly 45,000 SIV applicants ready to fly out of Afghanistan and at least 15,000 qualified refugees, according to the coalition #AfghanEvac.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2025
For reactive skin, microbiome-supportive formulas like SIV Biome Support Serum or Biojuve Living Biome Essentials Duo can help to bolster skin resiliency from the bacterial level.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Republican Celeste Maloy was selected as a congressional candidate in a vote powered by SIV in 2023.
—James Pearson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
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Chris Boccia, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
Safi told Newsweek that many Afghans had to seek asylum and TPS status because their SIV applications were still being processed when the abrupt troop withdrawal took place four years ago.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
Amiri managed to get to the United States on what's known as a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), a status for which individuals who fought and worked alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan are eligible and which can lead to permanent legal status.
—Andrew Schneider, NPR, 7 May 2025
Tens of thousands of Afghans have already been caught in limbo due to other Trump administration executive orders suspending the US refugee admissions program and the suspension of foreign aid funding for flights of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Together the measures have affected roughly 45,000 SIV applicants ready to fly out of Afghanistan and at least 15,000 qualified refugees, according to the coalition #AfghanEvac.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2025
For reactive skin, microbiome-supportive formulas like SIV Biome Support Serum or Biojuve Living Biome Essentials Duo can help to bolster skin resiliency from the bacterial level.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Republican Celeste Maloy was selected as a congressional candidate in a vote powered by SIV in 2023.
—James Pearson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
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SIV
noun
: a retrovirus (Lentivirus simimdef) that causes a disease in monkeys similar to AIDS and that is closely related to HIV-2 of humans
called also simian immunodeficiency virus
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