Incoming travel ban, what to expect?

[DevinB 1]

My wife had her interview at the start of this month. They told her she needed one more document to be submitted and then when she had your bring her passport to the embassy to finish up. We were told that after that we would be approved. My wife is from Myanmar and we are being processed through the embassy in yangon for an IR1. We even had our representative reach out and got an email from the state department that they're going to "have this finished quickly for you". 

 

With the breaking news of the incoming travel ban and a more complete list of banned countries, what can we expect to happen? It's rumored to be going into affect on the 19th of March and I am incredibly distraught that we might be right at the finish line only to be denied because of the new ban. Myanmar is supposedly going to be included in the orange category. We already had our expedite approved for medical reasons. 

 

Does any of this help us? Or will we be stopped at the gate so to speak? I know waivers were avaliable last time but only 2% of them were approved. We already got approved for the i130 as well if that makes any difference. I'm hoping and praying somehow we get everything in right under the wire but if we don't I want to be prepared to do whatever I can. Thank you for reading.

[Lemonslice 5,056]

14 minutes ago, DevinB said:

My wife had her interview at the start of this month. They told her she needed one more document to be submitted and then when she had your bring her passport to the embassy to finish up. We were told that after that we would be approved. My wife is from Myanmar and we are being processed through the embassy in yangon for an IR1. We even had our representative reach out and got an email from the state department that they're going to "have this finished quickly for you". 

 

With the breaking news of the incoming travel ban and a more complete list of banned countries, what can we expect to happen? It's rumored to be going into affect on the 19th of March and I am incredibly distraught that we might be right at the finish line only to be denied because of the new ban. Myanmar is supposedly going to be included in the orange category. We already had our expedite approved for medical reasons. 

 

Does any of this help us? Or will we be stopped at the gate so to speak? I know waivers were avaliable last time but only 2% of them were approved. We already got approved for the i130 as well if that makes any difference. I'm hoping and praying somehow we get everything in right under the wire but if we don't I want to be prepared to do whatever I can. Thank you for reading.

If it is like the prior travel ban, then no visa will be issued until the ban is over.  People with valid visa en route to the US during the announcement will be turned away after landing, and some permanent residents too.  It is going to be a mess for a little while, and then things will hopefully settle down.  If there is any way for her to travel early this week, have her jump on the plane.  

 

[that is a good summary of what it looked like in 2017: 
https://www.nafsa.org/professional-resources/browse-by-interest/executive-order-travel-ban-nafsa-resources ]

Edited March 16 by Lemonslice

[DevinB 1]

31 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

If it is like the prior travel ban, then no visa will be issued until the ban is over.  People with valid visa en route to the US during the announcement will be turned away after landing, and some permanent residents too.  It is going to be a mess for a little while, and then things will hopefully settle down.  If there is any way for her to travel early this week, have her jump on the plane.  

 

[that is a good summary of what it looked like in 2017: 
https://www.nafsa.org/professional-resources/browse-by-interest/executive-order-travel-ban-nafsa-resources ]

I don't know if there is a way for her to travel early. If we can get the passport into them Monday and they get it back to us we will book the next avaliable flight. Thank you for answering me. I pray we get in. It's been 2 years of nightmares 

[JeanneAdil 6,778]

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states-2/

 

Read thru the entire 1st ban executive order 13769 each case is decided on such

 

Case-by-case waivers could be appropriate in circumstances such as the following:

and a waiver applys to 

 

(iv) the foreign national seeks to enter the United States to visit or reside with a close family member (e.g., a spouse, child, or parent) who is a United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, or alien lawfully admitted on a valid nonimmigrant visa, and the denial of entry during the suspension period would cause undue hardship;

 

your country in the orange group 

Countries in the "orange" category would affect immigrant, tourist and student visas, with some exception. The list consists of Belarus, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Turkmenistan.

 

It stands out as a farce to anyone who listens to what he says as he reports these people will have to interview !!!  Does he not know they all interview and go thru security checks.   He really has no idea about the immigration process/ I am sure his wife and former wife had all their work done for the process of AOS by a lawyer who didn't get any info from him

[DevinB 1]

2 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states-2/

 

Read thru the entire 1st ban executive order 13769 each case is decided on such

 

Case-by-case waivers could be appropriate in circumstances such as the following:

and a waiver applys to 

 

(iv) the foreign national seeks to enter the United States to visit or reside with a close family member (e.g., a spouse, child, or parent) who is a United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, or alien lawfully admitted on a valid nonimmigrant visa, and the denial of entry during the suspension period would cause undue hardship;

 

your country in the orange group 

Countries in the "orange" category would affect immigrant, tourist and student visas, with some exception. The list consists of Belarus, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Turkmenistan.

 

It stands out as a farce to anyone who listens to what he says as he reports these people will have to interview !!!  Does he not know they all interview and go thru security checks.   He really has no idea about the immigration process/ I am sure his wife and former wife had all their work done for the process of AOS by a lawyer who didn't get any info from him

I'm really hoping we can get that waiver then, her being denied would be undue hardship on me and my son's, it was the basis of our expedite request. Since our expedite was approved I pray that means we can get this if the worst comes to pass. Thank you for your reply, I really really appreciate it. And I agree, it seems so ridiculous.