Us Travel Ban

US plans travel ban to 30 countries as Trump admin targets migration

The Trump administration is preparing a broader travel-ban list after the recent Washington shooting, adding to months of rapid shifts in US immigration rules and visa restrictions

Trump administration gives 36 countries new deadline to avoid travel ban

A diplomatic cable instructed embassies to assess if host nations will improve travel documentation, vetting process, and cooperate on resolving the status of their citizens living illegally in the US

US exempts Afghan SIV holders from travel ban, reaffirms visa support

The exemption has brought relief to thousands of Afghans awaiting relocation under the programme

'Racist, hostile and against global law': Iran slams Trump's travel ban

Tehran calls Trump's renewed travel ban discriminatory, racist, and illegal under global law, accusing the US of targeting Muslims and deepening hostility

Trump's travel ban on a dozen countries set to take effect on Monday

President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States. The countries include Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. In addition to the ban, which takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, there will be heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. I must act to protect the national security and national interest of the United States and its people, Trump said in his proclamation. The list results from a January 20 executive order Trump issued requiring the departments of State and Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence to compile a report on hostile attitudes toward the U.S. and whether entry from certain countries represented a national security risk. During his first term, Trump iss

Indians likely to hit pause on US travel plans amid visa worries

Tourists hesitant to visit America due to frequent policy changes there

US imposes travel ban on former Argentine president over corruption charges

The State Department has banned former Argentine President Cristina Fernndez from entering the United States, accusing her of involvement in significant corruption while in office. The State Department also banned Fernndez' planning minister Julio Miguel De Vido and their families. Kirchner and De Vido abused their positions by orchestrating and financially benefiting from multiple bribery schemes involving public works contracts, resulting in millions of dollars stolen from the Argentine government, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement released Friday. He noted that multiple courts had convicted the pair on corruption charges. Fernndez has been a dominant political leader in recent years in the South American country. The United States will continue to promote accountability for those who abuse public power for personal gain, Rubio said. These designations reaffirm our commitment to counter global corruption, including at the highest levels of government. In Novemb

US to lift Covid-19 vaccine mandates for international travelers next week

The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House has said. Vaccine requirements for federal workers, federal contractors, and foreign air travellers to the US will end May 11. The government is also beginning the process of lifting shot requirements for Head Start educators, healthcare workers, and noncitizens at US land borders, the White House said on Monday. The requirements are among the last vestiges of some of the more coercive measures taken by the federal government to promote vaccination as the deadly virus raged, and their end marks the latest display of how President Joe Biden's administration is moving to treat COVID-19 as a routine, endemic illness. While I believe that these vaccine mandates had a tremendous beneficial impact, we are now at a point where we think that it makes a lot of sense to pull these requirements down, Whi

US to lift travel ban on 8 southern African countries on New Year's Eve

The US will lift travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year's Eve, the White House announced Friday.

US ban on travellers from India comes into effect from today

The travel ban imposed by US President Joe Biden for people coming from India, which is experiencing one of the worst waves of the Covid pandemic, came into effect on Tuesday

US House OKs repeal of Donald Trump's travel ban decried as anti-Muslim

In debate ahead of the vote, Democrats repeatedly blasted the travel ban that President Donald Trump first imposed in January 2017

US weighs sweeping travel ban on China's Communist Party members

The presidential proclamation, still in draft form, could also authorise the US govt to revoke the visas of party members and their families who are already in the country, leading to their expulsion

US Senate offers $58 bn aid to airlines as they struggle to stay afloat

The US Senate passed an industry aid package, half in the form of grants to cover some 750,000 employees' paychecks

Amid coronavirus outbreak, Trump to hold G7 summit via video conference

The decision comes as countries around the world seal their borders and ban travel to stop the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed over 9,000 lives so far.

Trump at WEF Davos: US to add a 'couple of countries' to travel ban

The other nations being considered for new rules were Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Sudan and Tanzania

More nations may face US travel bans as Trump renews focus on immigration

The most recent iteration of the ban includes restrictions on five majority-Muslim nations: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as Venezuela and North Korea

US granted waivers to only 6% of those subject to Trump travel ban

The travel ban blocks citizens of Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as some Venezuelan officials, from obtaining a broad range of US immigrant and non-immigrant visas

Appeals court allows partial enforcement of Trump's travel ban

The policy applied to travelers from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen plus some Venezuelan government officials and their families.

Travel ban: After legal settlement, people denied entry to US can reapply

Trump had defended the executive order, saying it was not a Muslim ban

We don't care about US travel ban, says North Korea officials

Tour companies say business has already been hit hard by recent developments