Mahvash Siddiqui

Mahvash Siddiqui is a U.S. Foreign Service Officer with 21 years of experience in national security, foreign policy, and public diplomacy. She served at U.S. embassies around the world and was selected by the State Department to serve as Charge d’Affaires/Deputy Chief of Mission in Tonga. Mahvash has extensive experience with visa adjudications, including H-1B and other nonimmigrant programs, and has firsthand insight into U.S. immigration, labor, and workforce dynamics.

She has received 11 Superior Honor Awards, the London Diplomat of the Year Award (2017), and has represented the United States as Alternate Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization, International Mobile Satellites Organization, and UNCTAD. Her work spans global negotiations, market entry facilitation for American companies abroad, and engagement with international trade, development, and security organizations.

Mahvash is committed to advocating for American workers, fair immigration practices, and policies that strengthen U.S. national security and economic prosperity.