Our September Chapter Meeting will be held at MCLE at 10 Winter Place in Boston:

5:00 – 5:45 pm    Moderated Panel Discussion: National Visa Center (virtual)
5:45 – 6:00 pm   Chapter Business Meeting
6:00 – 7:00 pm   Political Engagement Briefing & Phone Banking (hybrid)
7:00 – 8:00 pm   Happy Hour courtesy of AILA NE

Register for the meeting here (whether attending in-person or virtually) for part or all of the meeting. The Zoom registration link is embedded in the RSVP form. There will be a separate registration link for the Political Engagement Event, which will be available soon.

1. National Visa Center: We are fortunate to have Allison Reedy from the National Visa Center. She will present virtually, with Mahsa Khanbabai moderating. The NVC will accept pre-submitted questions from AILA NE members at our upcoming meeting. Please share your questions and concerns related to NVC processing so that we can get the most out of the meeting. Feel free to share trends you see related to document collection, processing times, or questions you have always wanted addressed.

• We will cover topics including communicating w/ the NVC, transparency related to IV processing times, CSPA, and digitization efforts.
• Please submit your questions and report recent trends here by Friday, September 6.

2. Political Engagement Ahead of Presidential Elections: The second half of the meeting will be a political engagement event to mobilize our NE Chapter Members to reach independent and undecided voters in New Hampshire to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. It will be a phone-banking or text-banking event.

As you know, the results of the Presidential election will hinge on a narrow margin in the swing states. This event will allow AILA New England members to engage and make an impact in NH. Please show up and help elect Harris!

And if that’s not enough incentive: The AILA Ohio Chapter did this last week and it was a success – let’s get even more commitments from NH voters!