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Migration Management

• FACILITATING FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

Experience has shown that Consular staff and other national decision makers involved in visa issuing processes share a requirement for sound and timely case-specific information.  PSI methodologies can directly support more transparent and timelier decision-making procedures, thereby facilitating freedom of movement and contributing to the promotion of regular and orderly migration. In particular PSI outputs are relevant to:

	Visa Issuance: facilitation of freedom of movement by supporting secure and efficient visa processing.
	Decision Making Processes: in relation to facilitating: temporary residence (students, labour migrants and seasonal workers), family reunification, and permanent residence status.

Prior to issuing a visa, an assessment of the applicant’s good faith, often including the verification of supporting documents, is necessary. In many visa issuing offices time and resource constraints placed on the decision-maker often does not allow for the necessary verification process to take place.

• RETURN MANAGEMENT

International cooperation in facilitating compliance with domestic, European and international standards in regard to accepting and facilitating the return of a third country’s nationals often represents one of the most delicate challenges in migration management.

	IASCI informational support has proven its applicability in facilitating phased, managed and more sustainable return processes:
	Return Processes: informational support focused on pre-departure preparation, humane and orderly return processes.
	Integration: supporting durability of returns and providing monitoring.

10 years of practical field-experience in a variety of challenging locations has shown that PSI methodologies and informational support enable responsible agencies, in both the host and receiving countries, to provide individual, tailor-made, and more nuanced solutions; both in pre-departure terms and upon return.