Who Is Allowed to Enter the United States Under the Revised Travel Ban

Posted on June 29, 2017 by resourcefulman

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that parts of Donald Trump’s travel ban are acceptable , with the result that the State Department has developed a set of new guidelines for the ban that applies to citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. with a few exceptions. To travel to the United States from these six Muslim-majority countries, travelers must prove that they have a “good faith relationship” with a “person or entity in the United States” that was “formed in the usual way, and not for the purpose of evading a ban. The rules go into effect today at 8:00 pm ET.

The New York Times has released an interactive guide to who is allowed to enter the United States and who is not.

Who is allowed

The court ruled that the travel ban cannot be imposed on anyone who has a “good faith relationship” with a “person or entity in the United States.” The Trump administration has clarified what this means. According to The New York Times , “close family” includes parents (including the parents of the wife), spouses, children, adult sons or daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, and siblings (including stepbrothers)). But this does not include grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, grooms, and any other members of the extended family.

A “good faith” relationship with an organization may include speaking at a university in the United States or getting a job with a company in the United States. But it exempts companies and nonprofits from creating relationships — for example, calling people “customers” —to help people avoid getting banned.

Green card holders, dual citizens, American citizens and diplomats will be admitted to the United States. Diplomats include UN visitors, NATO officials, international representatives and others with A-1 or A-2 visas.

Students and workers will be allowed to enter the United States whether they have visas or not. They are already eligible for nonimmigrant work visas because they have a “good faith” relationship with the United States. In 2015, there were 13,000 temporary student and worker visits from six countries.

Who can be allowed

Tourists and business travelers will require nonimmigrant visas to travel to the United States. Otherwise, they will need to prove that they had a “good faith” relationship with someone or an organization in the United States.

People with new immigrant visas who obtained them through work or marital status will not be barred from entering the United States, but those who obtained their status through the lottery will not be able to enter unless they can prove “good faith.” ”Relationship with someone or entity in the United States.

Refugees are banned from entering the United States for 120 days. However, refugees who have “good faith” relationships with people in the US will be allowed entry, and refugees who have already entered the US will be allowed to stay. It is unclear whether refugees associated with resettlement agencies will be allowed to enter the country or not.