DEPLOY · SECURE · SUSTAIN

Moving People and Operations Across Borders

We help government and corporate partners deploy people, establish secure operations, and maintain continuity in complex and high-risk environments.

What We Do
Our Capabilities
Discuss your mandate

Deploy

Get your people where they need to be.

Visa & Immigration Solutions

Technology-enabled consular and visa solutions supporting secure, high-volume immigrant and non-immigrant movement, built on two decades inside U.S. visa systems.

Workforce Deployment & Government Coordination

Moving personnel and delegations into complex markets: entry strategy, ministry and regulator engagement, and major-event mobility including the FIFA World Cup.

Secure

Establish a secure operating presence.

Site & Security Assessment

Political, operational, and security risk assessment for facilities, routes, and operating areas, supported by real-time regional intelligence.

Operational Establishment

Standing up in-country presence: securing facilities, placing vetted local staff, arranging safe movement, and coordinating with government and security partners.

Sustain

Keep your people and operations moving.

Crisis Operations & Continuity

Crisis coordination, contingency planning, and business continuity for politically volatile, disrupted, and high-threat environments.

Personnel Tracking, Relocation & Evacuation

Accountability, relocation, and evacuation planning and execution for staff and dependents when conditions deteriorate.

Selected Engagements
Our Work
Middle East & North Africa
Government Advisory · Public Sector Operations

Large-Scale Consular Operations

We support U.S. Department of State visa and consular operations across 20 countries, helping high-volume government services move faster, scale securely, and serve applicants more effectively. Our work integrates technology-enabled systems, fraud-prevention measures, applicant support tools, and regional coordination into a practical operating model built for complex consular environments.

20
Countries
10+
Year Engagement
Levant
Operational Set-Up · International Development

Establishing Operations in Post-War Beirut

Helped an international education NGO establish its Lebanon operations in the aftermath of war: assessing sites and security conditions, standing up a secure office, placing vetted local staff, and coordinating with government and security partners so programs could launch on schedule.

25
Employees
Post-conflict
Operating environment
Persian Gulf
Crisis Management · Operational Resilience

Operational Continuity & Regional Coordination

Throughout the U.S.–Iran conflict, we helped maintain continuity of U.S. consular operations across Middle East posts as embassies entered emergency posture, personnel evacuated, airspace closed, and security conditions deteriorated. Working with field officers, regional teams, and Washington-based leadership, we stabilized critical visa processes, adapted service delivery, and supported secure document movement under wartime conditions.

10
Countries
Active
Conflict environment
Middle East and Asia
Global Mobility · Major Events

Global Mobility Operations for Major International Events

Helped manage high-volume visa and mobility operations supporting the FIFA World Cup through regional coordination, adaptive operational planning, and traveler movement coordination across complex international environments.

FIFA
World Cup
Multi
Country operations
20
Countries
Active Operations
50+
Regional Advisors
In-country experts
4.5M+
Stakeholders Served
On behalf of clients
20+
Years Experience
Global Engagements
Client Feedback
What Our Partners Say
U.S. Government

"Thank you, George. I echo everyone's appreciation for keeping us well guided, well informed, and all within extremely tight timeframes! Really, really appreciate how you navigate these crises with us year after year!"

Senior Official
U.S. Department of State
Major Event Operations

"Thank you, George! This has all been incredibly helpful and valuable. I really appreciate your patience while we all worked through our understanding of the process."

Operations Lead
FIFA World Cup Coordination Team, DoS
Operational Set-Up · Beirut

"George and his team established themselves as the project's most effective and responsive partner, delivering operational support, strategic guidance, and mobility coordination in a complex environment. Establishing operations would have been significantly more difficult without the capabilities they brought."

Principal Technical Advisor
Leading International NGO

Testimonials shown with anonymized attribution — standard practice for sensitive government and diplomatic engagements.

Perspectives
Insights & Views
Washington Post
Immigration Policy · Geopolitical Reality

When Immigration Policy Collides With Geopolitical Reality

Assessment of the growing intersection between U.S. immigration policy and the geopolitical dynamics redefining the Middle East.

Read on WashingtonPost.com
NY Daily News
Immigration · Crisis Response

The Strategic Value of Immigrant Essential Workers During Crisis

How immigrant essential workers form a critical layer of operational resilience during national emergencies — and why policy must account for their strategic role.

Read on NY Daily News
Our Foundation
About SLS Mobility Management
Who We Are
Built on Diplomatic Experience and Operational Trust

SLS Mobility Management helps governments and companies deploy people, establish secure operations, and stay operational in complex and high-risk environments — from U.S. visa and consular systems to post-conflict markets.

Our work is built on decades of experience in diplomacy, consular operations, crisis response, and cross-border movement. We bring the judgment of former diplomats and regional operators to high-stakes environments where policy and operations intersect.

SLS has supported platforms serving more than four million travelers to the United States — and kept them running through war, embassy evacuations, and closed airspace. That is the work clients hire us for: getting people in, setting up securely, and staying operational when the environment turns.

Work with us
George Farag
George Farag, PhD
Founder & Managing Principal
Former U.S. Diplomat & Consular Officer

Dr. George Farag has spent more than two decades at the intersection of American diplomacy, global mobility, U.S. visa systems, and crisis operations. He managed the movement of people through some of the world's most complex operating environments, from post-invasion Iraq and the 2006 Lebanon evacuation to regional consular crisis operations across U.S. diplomatic missions throughout the Middle East.

He founded SLS Mobility Management to bridge diplomatic insight, global mobility operations, and operational execution in complex international environments.

Expert in U.S. immigrant and non-immigrant visa operations
Led consular crisis operations across 15 countries
Specialized in high-volume visa systems, cross-border movement, and operational continuity in complex environments
Recipient of the U.S. Department of State Superior Honor Award for outstanding service
Where We Work
Global Footprint
Arabian Gulf
  • Bahrain
  • Kuwait
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Arab Emirates
Levant & Iraq
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Syria
North Africa
  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Morocco
  • Tunisia
Europe
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Serbia
South Asia
  • Bangladesh
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka
United States
  • New York City
  • Washington, D.C.
Get In Touch
Discuss Your Mandate

We work on a limited number of engagements at a time to ensure each mandate receives senior-level attention, discretion, and operational focus. If your organization requires support navigating complex visa systems, global mobility operations, major international events, or regional continuity challenges, we would like to hear from you.

All inquiries handled with full discretion
Response within 24 business hours
Engagements: advisory, project, and retainer

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