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Trump travel ban: US sets out visa criteria
By: magbytes120 Date: June 29, 2017, 1:26 pm
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THE White House has set new criteria for visa applicants from
six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees, requiring them to
have a “close” family or business tie to the US.
The rules, affecting people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia,
Sudan and Yemen, are coming into force on Thursday.
They were issued after the Supreme Court partially restored
President Donald Trump’s travel ban on Monday.
The executive order had been blocked by lower courts since
February.
The revised rules – taking conditions laid out in the Supreme
Court ruling – come into effect at 20:00 Washington time (00:00
GMT).
According to the new rules, confirmed to the BBC, for the next
90 days those from the six countries without a close
relationship will not be able to enter the US.
Those considered to have a close relationship under the policy
include a parent, spouse, child, son or daughter-in-law, or
sibling, including step- or half-siblings.
Excluded are grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews,
in-laws, extended family and grandchildren.
Also exempt from the new rules are those with business or
educational ties to the US.
However, the guidelines specifically state that the relationship
must be formal, documented and not formed for the purpose of
evading the order.
Those who already hold valid visas are not affected. Dual
nationals who travel on their passport from the unaffected
country will also be allowed entry.
The Supreme Court said in Monday’s decision that it would make a
final ruling on the executive order in October.
But in the meantime, it added, the order “may not be enforced
against foreign nationals who have a credible claim of a bona
fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States”.
President Donald Trump listens as he meets with immigration
crime victims to urge passage of House legislation to save
American lives, in the Cabinet Room at the White House on June
28, 2017.
The court also approved the 120-day ban on refugees entering the
United States, allowing the government to bar entry to refugee
claimants who do not have any “bona fide relationship” with an
American individual or entity.
President Trump called the court’s decision a “victory for our
national security. He said the order was needed to stop
terrorists entering the US, but critics said it was a ban on
Muslims.
Lawyers on both sides of the argument have warned that the new
restrictions could open the door to a flood of legal challenges.
In particular, the exact meaning of the phrase “bona fide” was
expected to come under scrutiny.
Meanwhile, a number of activist groups have promised to help
people caught up in the ban. The New York Immigration Coalition
says it plans to be at the city’s John F Kennedy International
Airport to “monitor the effects of Trump’s revised Muslim and
refugee ban”.
But so far, the order does not appear to have had too big an
impact on travellers.
A spokesman form Emirates, the Middle East’s largest airline,
said on Thursday: “Our flights to the US are operating as per
normal. All passengers must possess the appropriate travel
documents, including a valid US entry visa, in order to travel.”
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