Breaking: Immediate suspension of visas from certain countries and suspension of refugees
Breaking: The president signed another executive order today that immediately SUSPENDS all visas, including immigrant and non-immigrants from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.Β The suspension is for 90 days.
Regarding refugees who have been vetting already or are in the process, will be admitted after 120 days from today. And ALL refugees from Syria are suspended indefinitely.Β In addition, the president reduced the number of refugees to be admitted in fiscal year 2017 to 50,000. That is more than 50% less than what was previously allocated.
There is more to this executive action and I will wrote more soon. Here is a copy of it. Final Extreme Vetting Executive Order.
Written by
Tahmina WatsonImmigration Attorney at Watson Immigration Law, specializing in business and investor immigration.