TRAVEL BAN:EXTENDED:
On January 31, 2020, President Trump issued a new Proclamation extending the “travel ban” to six additional countries. This new travel ban prevents citizens of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, from pursuing immigrant (employment-based, family-based, Diversity Visa-based immigrants) visas except Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to the United States Government. The travel ban also restricts citizens of Sudan and Tanzania but only from the Diversity Visa (“DV Lottery”) immigrant visa. The new travel ban will take effect on February 21, 2020.
Belarus is not on the list (it was the seventh country in the original draft, according to media reports)
Who is exempt from the New Expanded Travel Ban?
Lawful permanent residents (green card holders) and United States Citizens
Foreign nationals admitted or paroled to the United States on or after the effective date
Foreign nationals with travel documents that are not visas that are valid before or issued after the effective date
Dual nationals traveling on a passport that is not one of the affected countries
Those traveling on a diplomatic or related visa
Foreign nationals who have already been granted asylum, refugees who have already been granted admittance, and those who have been granted withholding of removal, advanced parole, or protections under the Convention Against Torture
Who is eligible for a waiver under the New Expanded Travel Ban?
In order to obtain a waiver, an immigrant visa applicant must demonstrate:
undue hardship if entry were denied
entry would not pose a threat to national security, and
entry is in the national interest. The decision of a consular officer to grant or deny a waiver is discretionary.
Read here.
On January 31, 2020, President Trump issued a new Proclamation extending the “travel ban” to six additional countries. This new travel ban prevents citizens of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, from pursuing immigrant (employment-based, family-based, Diversity Visa-based immigrants) visas except Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to the United States Government. The travel ban also restricts citizens of Sudan and Tanzania but only from the Diversity Visa (“DV Lottery”) immigrant visa. The new travel ban will take effect on February 21, 2020.
Belarus is not on the list (it was the seventh country in the original draft, according to media reports)
Who is exempt from the New Expanded Travel Ban?
Lawful permanent residents (green card holders) and United States Citizens
Foreign nationals admitted or paroled to the United States on or after the effective date
Foreign nationals with travel documents that are not visas that are valid before or issued after the effective date
Dual nationals traveling on a passport that is not one of the affected countries
Those traveling on a diplomatic or related visa
Foreign nationals who have already been granted asylum, refugees who have already been granted admittance, and those who have been granted withholding of removal, advanced parole, or protections under the Convention Against Torture
Who is eligible for a waiver under the New Expanded Travel Ban?
In order to obtain a waiver, an immigrant visa applicant must demonstrate:
undue hardship if entry were denied
entry would not pose a threat to national security, and
entry is in the national interest. The decision of a consular officer to grant or deny a waiver is discretionary.
Read here.
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