Dr. George Farag is a United States diplomat and political anthropologist who is currently the CEO of Silverline Strategies and provides expert analysis on U.S. immigrant and non-immigrant visa policy and processes. A member of America’s “expeditionary diplomats,” he served with an elite group of foreign services officers that specialized in high-risk missions; diplomacy's equivalent of the military's special forces.  George was among the first diplomats to enter Iraq in 2003 and helped evacuate 15,000 Americans during the 2006 war in Lebanon.  He has also worked in consular services with U.S. embassies in the Middle East for over a decade and decided on thousands of visa applications.

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George holds a U.S. government security clearance and is the recipient of the Department of State’s Superior Honor Award, the Meritorious Honor Award, and the George P. Schultz Consular Certificate. He has written on immigration policy, including op-eds in the New York Daily News and the National Law Review as well as the book Pro-American Immigration: Common Ground in our Immigration Strategy. Born in Egypt, George immigrated to the U.S. and is a proud product of America’s public welfare and education systems.