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[Nicole06 1]

Hello! Does President Trump’s immigration ban also affects the interview and the process? I dont understand the immigration ban. If the embassy’s open, will they still schedule interview for those who are included in the ban? Does the ban mean that interviews will still be conducted BUT the immigrant can only enter the US after the president lifts up the ban on december 31,2020?  For example, if the us embassy opens up in our country, can we still get an appointment even if we are included in the ban? (F2b visa), but is not allowed to enter US until dec 31? Please explain thank you

[payxibka 10,045]

1 minute ago, Nicole06 said:

Hello! Does President Trump’s immigration ban also affects the interview and the process? I dont understand the immigration ban. If the embassy’s open, will they still schedule interview for those who are included in the ban? Does the ban mean that interviews will still be conducted BUT the immigrant can only enter the US after the president lifts up the ban on december 31,2020?  For example, if the us embassy opens up in our country, can we still get an appointment even if we are included in the ban? (F2b visa), but is not allowed to enter US until dec 31? Please explain thank you

Yes it suspends everything related to those applications 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

It seems processing continues until the case reaches the embassy at which point it stops awaiting the ban to end. Not much point in conducting interviews when (1) medicals expire after 6 months (visa validity depends on this) (2) technically it could be extended for who knows how long (3) most embassies are still not open and there is a backlog also waiting of visa interviews that are not subject to the ban. 

Edited July 7, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[Quarknase 1,072]

It's what @SusieQQQ says. My husband is F2A category and we're now DQ'd at NVC (ironically received DQ on the day the ban was extended) - the case will remain at NVC until the ban gets lifted, at which point he'll get in line for interview scheduling.