Official Executive Order for Suspending Entry of Immigrants

[Cilllah 474]

3 minutes ago, James120383 said:

you should be good as long as you can find a flight 

There’s daily flights so that’s easy. I’m just waiting on my exemption to be allowed to leave my country.

[expatorimmigrant 1]

K1 is good. US citizen exception stays.

 

Can we talk about the impact on work visas? What does this mean to all those who got the H1B lottery this year and pending issuance (or maybe it's already issued and they're just waiting for the status to change) on October 1? 

 

Also section 5 seems to imply that they'll take some additional actions to the pending EB2 and EB3 cases. 

[arae 81]

K1s are in a precarious position yet again. Neither specifically banned nor exempt.

 

I'm a lawyer (in a field not related to immigration). My read of the plain text of this order is that K1s should not be effected. But at this stage, I don't even know anymore.

[sl1pstream 551]

6 minutes ago, expatorimmigrant said:

K1 is good. US citizen exception stays.

For immediate relatives. K1s aren't immediate relatives.

 

There's no direct mention of K1s as an exception. Which wouldn't be a problem if there were clear guidelines but as we've seen over the past few months, not every embassy interprets it the same way.

Edited June 22, 2020 by sl1pstream

[expatorimmigrant 1]

3 minutes ago, sl1pstream said:

For immediate relatives. K1s aren't immediate relatives.

Sorry my bad, thought K1 meant for spouses of USC. I guess if it's a pre-marital invitation and you're not officially married then it could be affected. But then again agreeing to someone else who posted on this thread, K1 isn't called out in this order. For now it doesn't affect K1 it seems. Of course that's not to say the environment won't be hostile to all immigrants/non-immigrants seeking entrance to US for the next six months and perhaps longer and hopefully not.

[Ysl182 8]

So would this ban include family based visas? I had my interview on the 4th of October last year. F1 immigrant visa.

 

still waiting...😢

[ek1357 116]

36 minutes ago, Cilllah said:

Thank you. That’s what I thought but this situation is stressful whenever someone says otherwise it worries me! I just need to see someone enter on a K1 soon!

Follow this thread, I am entering with a K1 on Thursday and another girl is entering on a K1 tomorrow. We write our experiences at the border:

 

[NatashaK1 158]

The new EO clearly lists the categories that are to be suspended so why are some people saying K1’s are included in the suspension. Pls clarify, I may have missed something. 

Edited June 22, 2020 by NatashaK1

[Cilllah 474]

1 minute ago, ek1357 said:

Follow this thread, I am entering with a K1 on Thursday and another girl is entering on a K1 tomorrow. We write our experiences at the border:

 

Thank you so much!

[Just Paul 4,595]

8 minutes ago, God Bless America said:

So would this ban include family based visas? I had my interview on the 4th of October last year. F1 immigrant visa.

 

still waiting...😢

Only CR1/2, IR1/2/4 and IH4 are allowed to be issued thru the end of the year for family cases.

Edited June 22, 2020 by Paul & Mary

[HRQX 4,145]

4 minutes ago, God Bless America said:

So would this ban include family based visas? I had my interview on the 4th of October last year. F1 immigrant visa.

 

still waiting...😢

Yes it affects F1 preference. Section 1 of today's PP extended the April 22 PP till December 31. Summary of April 22 PP:

 

[Maryy_ 6]

7 minutes ago, NatashaK1 said:

The new EO clearly lists the categories that are to be suspended so why are some people saying K1’s are included in the suspension. Pls clarify, I may have missed something. 

That is what's confusing me too, been trying to figure it out for the past half an hour😄 to me the wording is very clear as to which visas are banned. Maybe because it is an "only certain visas are banned" type of EO this time unlike the "all visas are banned" EO, so there are worries it's gonna turn into the same?

[sl1pstream 551]

Just now, Mareike said:

That is what's confusing me too, been trying to figure it out for the past half an hour😄 to me the wording is very clear as to which visas are banned. Maybe because it is an "only certain visas are banned" type of EO this time unlike the "all visas are banned" EO, so there are worries it's gonna turn into the same?

Because it mentions everyone who doesn't currently have a visa.

[Maryy_ 6]

1 minute ago, sl1pstream said:

Because it mentions everyone who doesn't currently have a visa.

Can you quote the wording? I'm really sorry, I'm just so confused right now. So thank you for being invested and explaining

[HRQX 4,145]

9 minutes ago, sl1pstream said:

Because it mentions everyone who doesn't currently have a visa.

Reread Subsections 3(a) and 3(b). They both start off with "The suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 2" And Section 2 is explicitly clear.