广播电视英语短句 第 14 课：减少签证拖延-3

But the wait time has increased again over the past year. 但是等待期在过去几年又增加了。

Andy Laine, a State Department spokesman, says the program now has more workers and new procedures. 国务院发言人Andy Laine称，现在这一项目具有更多的工作人员和新程序。

He says the changes went into effect on May twenty-ninth with the goal to process all requests within two weeks. 他说，这些改革已于5月29日实施，其目的是在两周内处理所有申请。

But he also says many visas are delayed because foreign students do not bring all their paperwork when requesting their travel documents. 但是他也表示，很多签证拖延的原因是由于外国学生在申请旅行文件时没有带其所需的书面材料。