SIV
noun
: a lentivirus (species Simian immunodeficiency virus) that causes a disease in monkeys similar to AIDS and that is closely related to HIV-2
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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.
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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
But there are a number of Afghans who are still in process of obtaining their SIV status and TPS offered them a layer of stability, according to Andrew Sullivan, the executive director of No One Left Behind, which works to support SIV recipients.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 11 Apr. 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
Republican Celeste Maloy was selected as a congressional candidate in a vote powered by SIV in 2023.
—James Pearson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
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
Sullivan said his nonprofit has identified more than 100 people who were killed by the ruling militant group and were either SIV applicants or were likely eligible for the visa program.
—Rebecca Santana, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
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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
But there are a number of Afghans who are still in process of obtaining their SIV status and TPS offered them a layer of stability, according to Andrew Sullivan, the executive director of No One Left Behind, which works to support SIV recipients.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 11 Apr. 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
Republican Celeste Maloy was selected as a congressional candidate in a vote powered by SIV in 2023.
—James Pearson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
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
Sullivan said his nonprofit has identified more than 100 people who were killed by the ruling militant group and were either SIV applicants or were likely eligible for the visa program.
—Rebecca Santana, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
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SIV
noun
: a retrovirus of the genus Lentivirus (species Simian immunodeficiency virus) 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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