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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The backlog of principal Afghan SIV applicants was up to nearly 155,000 by December 2022.
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Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2023
While the State Department has streamlined the SIV application process, there are thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. military still trapped in Afghanistan, their lives in direct danger from the Taliban.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
Sullivan cited the State Department Inspector General, saying that over 152,000 SIV applicants still reside in Afghanistan.
—Beth Bailey, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2023
While the Biden administration recently extended that parole status for another year, these evacuees are still unable to obtain permanent legal status except through the asylum or special immigrant visa, or SIV, application systems—both of which are onerous and severely backlogged.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 27 July 2023
Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2023
While the State Department has streamlined the SIV application process, there are thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. military still trapped in Afghanistan, their lives in direct danger from the Taliban.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
Sullivan cited the State Department Inspector General, saying that over 152,000 SIV applicants still reside in Afghanistan.
—Beth Bailey, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2023
While the Biden administration recently extended that parole status for another year, these evacuees are still unable to obtain permanent legal status except through the asylum or special immigrant visa, or SIV, application systems—both of which are onerous and severely backlogged.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 27 July 2023
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First Known Use
1987, in the meaning defined above
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Medical Definition
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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