Official Executive Order for Suspending Entry of Immigrants

[Gar9 5]

On 6/21/2020 at 11:06 AM, geowrian said:

The current EO has not expired yet, but will do very so soon (Monday IIRC?).

Trump can choose to extend it before then or make a new one at any time. No way to know what he will decide to do, although the current one has had effectively almost no impact due to routine visa processing being suspended the entire time.

I would not be surprised if he extended it as a result, but that is just speculation.

 

Now the new EO has come in force. What is the status of IR5 category now ? Will it still remain under ban or it has now come out of banned categories? Thanks. 

[geowrian 22,337]

21 minutes ago, Gar9 said:

Now the new EO has come in force. What is the status of IR5 category now ? Will it still remain under ban or it has now come out of banned categories? Thanks. 

Everybody covered under the previous EO is still banned, plus H-1B, H-2B, certain J, and L visas.

So yes, IR-5 is still banned until at least next year.

[MaruMaru 76]

Does anyone receive any instructions from their Consulate? Too early?

 

Honestly I am feeling devastated. This new Proclamation is the renewal of the previous one signed on April 22nd, 2020 from which the K1 visas were exempted. 

I don't know though.

I do not like the fact that K1 is neither included nor excluded in the new proclamation. 

 

 

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

4 minutes ago, MaruMaru said:

Does anyone receive any instructions from their Consulate? Too early?

 

Honestly I am feeling devastated. This new Proclamation is the renewal of the previous one signed on April 22nd, 2020 from which the K1 visas were exempted. 

I don't know though.

I do not like the fact that K1 is neither included nor excluded in the new proclamation. 

 

 

If "This new Proclamation is the renewal of the previous one signed on April 22nd, 2020 from which the K1 visas were exempted. " and no mention was made of K-1s in the latest announcement, doesn't stand to reason that K-1s are not affected by the extension?

[Kate.Alday 113]

10 minutes ago, MaruMaru said:

Does anyone receive any instructions from their Consulate? Too early?

 

Honestly I am feeling devastated. This new Proclamation is the renewal of the previous one signed on April 22nd, 2020 from which the K1 visas were exempted. 

I don't know though.

I do not like the fact that K1 is neither included nor excluded in the new proclamation. 

 

 

Yes, maybe K1 exempts from this ban but embassies are not going to process it now. My friend got email today from Warsaw embassy, she had appointment for interview at 08.06.2020. When they will resume process for K1 nobody knows. 

[BlackAfrodyte 73]

I contacted Chile embassy and was told they are not processing k1 visas right now but will let me know when they resume. I asked if k1s were affected by the EO, no straight answer. They said k1 visas are not what they're interviewing for at this time. 

[MaruMaru 76]

2 minutes ago, BlackAfrodyte said:

I contacted Chile embassy and was told they are not processing k1 visas right now but will let me know when they resume. I asked if k1s were affected by the EO, no straight answer. They said k1 visas are not what they're interviewing for at this time. 

I reached out to mine and the only thing I could get was an operator saying "Yes, Ma'am, please hold on". She put me on hold with a voice message that advised on checking out the local governative travel website after what the call dropped. 

[sl1pstream 551]

58 minutes ago, Kate.Alday said:

Yes, maybe K1 exempts from this ban but embassies are not going to process it now. My friend got email today from Warsaw embassy, she had appointment for interview at 08.06.2020. When they will resume process for K1 nobody knows. 

Yeah, that's about the routine processing suspension. No one knows when it's about to start again.

[Raizee 93]

I am flying out tomorrow (Wednesday) morning from Dubai to Chicago with my K1 visa, i will update you guys once i landed and passed though all the process....... wish me luck  

[amarilloslick 13]

14 minutes ago, Raizee said:

I am flying out tomorrow (Wednesday) morning from Dubai to Chicago with my K1 visa, i will update you guys once i landed and passed though all the process....... wish me luck  

Yes, please post your experience so we can have an actual real world example instead of all this speculation. Thank You!!!

[geowrian 22,337]

Was there any speculation on the validity of an existing visa...? I think it's pretty clear that existing visas are not impacted...this is clearly stated in the EOs.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,093]

16 hours ago, TiEy said:

It seems to be always totally forgotten. 

While K-1s are important to VJ posters (a lot of us either are or were involved in the K-1 process at one time), the reality is that there aren't a lot of them issued compared to other visas, and they have a lot of weird special cases about how they're handled, so it's not really surprising that they don't get mentioned explicitly. 

[Cilllah 482]

2 hours ago, Raizee said:

I am flying out tomorrow (Wednesday) morning from Dubai to Chicago with my K1 visa, i will update you guys once i landed and passed though all the process....... wish me luck  

I’m be following your experience as I’m moving on a K1 next month!

[Arewa 146]

Saw this... i think it should clarify some confusions.

 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/trump-visa-restrictions-explainer/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-06-23T03%3A01%3A06&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social

[BlackAfrodyte 73]

I received an email additional email from Chile embassy today and got A definitive answer! They are only processing a very limited amount of emergency visas for now due to covid, and will resume processing other visas when they're able to open. 😖 They also stated that k1 visas will not be affected by the EO and asked me to check back next month for appointments.

Edited June 23, 2020 by BlackAfrodyte
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