On January 20, President Joe Biden ended visa issuance restrictions, calling them “simply wrong.” They applied to individuals from many Muslim and African countries.
Under Biden’s new proclamation ending discriminatory bans, Executive Order 13780 of March 6, 2017, and proclamations 9645, 9723, and 9983 have been revoked and are no longer in effect.
According to the revoked measures, certain applicants from Burma, North Korea, Eritrea, Yemen, Iran, Libya, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Venezuela were ineligible for immigration visas.
The U.S. Secretary of State instructed all Embassies and Consulates to process visa applications for individuals who were subject to the restrictions of the revoked proclamations. These visa requests will be processed according to current COVID-19 related visa processing procedures.
According to the new proclamation, the U.S. Department of State will also develop a proposal in the next 45 days to ensure that individuals whose immigrant visa applications were denied or restricted by proclamations 9645 or 9983 have their requests reconsidered.
“When visa applicants seek entry into the United States, we will apply a rigorous and individualized vetting system,” Biden’s proclamation continued. “But we will not turn our backs on our values with discriminatory entry bans to the United States.”
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