October 18th Travel Ban and K1 Fiancé Visas

[Saadrick Lamar 1]

Hey All,

 

So I’ve read the official statement from the state department found here: 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/news/important-announcement.html

 

And it appears that K1 fiancé applicants from Syria will be banned, which is where my fiancé is from. This is what it says about October 18th and after: 

 

“Phase 2: Beginning 12:01 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 18, 2017:

Nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and Somalia:  The exceptions and waivers listed in the P.P. are applicable for qualified applicants, but the bona fide relationship exception is no longer applicable.”

 

So it looks like even if you have a “Bona fide” relationship, which the Supreme Court defines as including fiancés, that type of relationship will not be accepted starting October 18th and moving forward. Am I correct in how I’m understanding this? I submitted my K1 fiancé application in June and USCIS received it at the end of June. 

 

Even further above on that same page, there is a table of each country and for Syrians it says both immigrant and non-immigrant visas are not allowed, and the K1 fiance visa is a non-immigrant visa. 

 

Any feedback from you all would be appreciated. 

Edited October 4, 2017 by Saadrick Lamar

[geowrian 22,335]

That is correct. I hope this is successfully challenged and that exception is put back in, but as it stands, they will not issue a visa after the 17th.

 

There is technically a waiver, but it is issued on a case by case basis only.

[Saadrick Lamar 1]

2 hours ago, geowrian said:

That is correct. I hope this is successfully challenged and that exception is put back in, but as it stands, they will not issue a visa after the 17th.

 

There is technically a waiver, but it is issued on a case by case basis only.

Thank you for the feedback. Just wanted to make sure I was interpreting things correctly. 

[ags247 1]

On 10/4/2017 at 4:20 PM, Saadrick Lamar said:

Thank you for the feedback. Just wanted to make sure I was interpreting things correctly. 

wondering what happened with your case....