World Aug 30 Palestinian President Abbas’ office urges U.S. to reinstate his visa ahead of key UN meetings By Imad Isseid, Associated Press
World Aug 29 U.S. revokes visas of Palestinian president, other officials ahead of UN General Assembly Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law. By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
Politics Aug 21 Trump administration vetting all 55 million U.S. visa holders in growing crackdown The Trump administration said Thursday that it is reviewing more than 55 million people who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation, marking a growing crackdown on foreigners who are even permitted to be in the United… By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
Politics Nov 08 Pakistan says nearly 25,000 Afghans waiting for U.S. visas won’t be deported as part of clampdown Islamabad has launched a clampdown on illegal migration, saying any unregistered foreign national and migrant lacking proper documentation would face arrest and deportation. By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press
World Aug 17 Watch 10:10 U.S. allies in Afghanistan fear for their lives under Taliban rule Hundreds of thousands of Afghans worked with the U.S. government and military, but most still remain in Afghanistan at risk of being persecuted by the Taliban. The U.S says many are trying to obtain special U.S. immigrant visas. Nick Schifrin… By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda
Jun 05 Stuck in limbo in Kosovo camp, Afghan evacuees await entry to the U.S. By Ben Fox, Associated Press While more than 78,000 Afghans have arrived in the U.S. for resettlement since August, the future for those who have been flagged for additional security vetting and diverted to Camp Bondsteel, in the small nation of Kosovo, remains up in… Continue reading
Jan 22 How do the new U.S. visa rules work? By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Obama administration is tightening travel restrictions on Europeans and others who have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan in the last five years. Continue reading