Brazil travel ban : Does it affect GC holders?

[paula2987 4]

Trump just announced:

 

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"I have determined that it is in the interests of the United States to take action to restrict and suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the Federative Republic of Brazil during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States," the proclamation reads in part.

 

Are GC holders affected by those travel bans?

[Crazy Cat 39,227]

We'll have to wait for the wording of the official proclamation to see if there are any exclusions.  Looks like it is effective May 28th.

Edited May 24, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[Lil bear 3,831]

23 minutes ago, paula2987 said:

 

Trump just announced:

 

"I have determined that it is in the interests of the United States to take action to restrict and suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the Federative Republic of Brazil during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States," the proclamation reads in part.

 

 

Are GC holders affected by those travel bans?

If it’s like the travel bans that have already been put in place for similar reasons then , no.   USC and LPR are allowed to enter ( LPR will be subject to the usual assessments at POE ) 

[paula2987 4]

14 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

We'll have to wait for the wording of the official proclamation to see if there are any exclusions.  Looks like it is effective May 28th.

do u know where i can find the proclamation?

[Liam2021 551]

1 minute ago, paula2987 said:

do u know where i can find the proclamation?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-certain-additional-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-novel-coronavirus/

[Nat&Amy 623]

Hopefully, anyone coming from Brazil - green card holders, USCs, anyone - will self-quarantine because Brazil is handling covid-19 poorly, to say the least. The number of infected people has soared in the past few days and there is an alarmingly high number of individuals (including the country's president) that think this virus is a joke. As a Brazilian, such desdain both embarrasses and enrages me.

Edited May 24, 2020 by Nat&Amy

[JeanneAdil 6,197]

The EO  is an interesting read as  Section 1 describes the suspension  saying Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the Federative Republic of Brazil during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this proclamation.

 

Section(a) 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to: 

now go to VIII under 2(a)   that says any alien

 

so any alien is exempt from the order??????

or somebody goofed when it was written

[vincentlina 74]

3 hours ago, Nat&Amy said:

Hopefully, anyone coming from Brazil - green card holders, USCs, anyone - will self-quarantine because Brazil is handling covid-19 poorly, to say the least. The number of infected people has soared in the past few days and there is an alarmingly high number of individuals (including the country's president) that think this virus is a joke. As a Brazilian, such desdain both embarrasses and enrages me.

Hey JeanneAdill...what I've been perplexing over from since Bolsonaro got elected was...why did the Brazilian people put this...this character in power? How in the world did that happen?

[Nat&Amy 623]

12 minutes ago, vincentlina said:

Hey JeanneAdill...what I've been perplexing over from since Bolsonaro got elected was...why did the Brazilian people put this...this character in power? How in the world did that happen?

That is the question that all the other Brazilians (who did not vote for him) have been asking...... He has always been a lunatic, homophobe, racist, sexist shame of a politician. His supporters knew exactly what they were signing up for. But how and why millions of people got behind his ideas full of hatred... Hard to tell and almost impossible to explain.

[vincentlina 74]

16 minutes ago, Nat&Amy said:

That is the question that all the other Brazilians (who did not vote for him) have been asking...... He has always been a lunatic, homophobe, racist, sexist shame of a politician. His supporters knew exactly what they were signing up for. But how and why millions of people got behind his ideas full of hatred... Hard to tell and almost impossible to explain.

Well, his supports (at least some of them) are now reaping the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately so many other Brazilians (particularly, the poor) are also paying a heavy price for putting this psychopath in power. Honestly, as you can see here in the US, we are also doomed similarly for having done the same (100,000+ unnecessary and preventable loss of life). What a world we live in today!

[HRQX 4,145]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

so any alien is exempt from the order??????

No, you misread it:

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Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:

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(viii) any alien

• (A) seeking entry into or transiting the United States pursuant to one of the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3 (as a foreign government official or immediate family member of an official), E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee’s immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 (or seeking to enter as a nonimmigrant in one of those NATO categories); or
• (B) whose travel falls within the scope of section 11 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement;

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The earlier Proclamations on the 14 days preceding US entry were written in the same way. For example, the Schengen Area proclamation: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-certain-additional-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-2019-novel-coronavirus/

Edited May 25, 2020 by HRQX

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

9 hours ago, vincentlina said:

Hey JeanneAdill...what I've been perplexing over from since Bolsonaro got elected was...why did the Brazilian people put this...this character in power? How in the world did that happen?

That’s what some of us in the US think about our current president...

[paula2987 4]

10 hours ago, vincentlina said:

Hey JeanneAdill...what I've been perplexing over from since Bolsonaro got elected was...why did the Brazilian people put this...this character in power? How in the world did that happen?

I voted for bolsonaro, because the other candidate was from a side with comunist ideas that rules brazil in the last 15 years and destroyed the brazilian economy stealing all our money, the most corruption scandal in brazil history

this is why we voted for Bolsonaro

he has a smart mouth, but while media and TV attack him, the governors and mayors steal all the money......

[Crazy Cat 39,227]

Getting back to the proclamation itself (and away from politics), looks like many exceptions exist......Are K-1's exempt??

 

Sec. 2.  Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry.

(a)  Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:

(i)     any lawful permanent resident of the United States;

(ii)    any alien who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident;

(iii)   any alien who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident is unmarried and under the age of 21;

(iv)    any alien who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, provided that both are unmarried and under the age of 21;

(v)     any alien who is the child, foster child, or ward of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, or who is a prospective adoptee seeking to enter the United States pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications;

 

(xii)   members of the U.S. Armed Forces and spouses and children of members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Edited May 25, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[Nat&Amy 623]

59 minutes ago, paula2987 said:

I voted for bolsonaro, because the other candidate was from a side with comunist ideas that rules brazil in the last 15 years and destroyed the brazilian economy stealing all our money, the most corruption scandal in brazil history

this is why we voted for Bolsonaro

he has a smart mouth, but while media and TV attack him, the governors and mayors steal all the money......

He doesn't have a smart mouth. He has a dirty mouth at best so don't glamorize his spiteful speeches. 

 

There were other half dozen candidates you people could have voted for if you didn't want the "communist party". Instead people chose a man who had over 30 years of political history with ZERO accomplishments to be their savior. 

 

Covid-19 is not the only virus ruining our lives.............  

 

And sorry, I know this is an immigration forum, but maybe we shouldn't leave politics out of it. So many things in immigration are political and if we can rant about how long USCIS takes to adjudicate petitions, we should also be able to rant about politicians ruining lives - of non-immigrants, immigrants and citizens alike.

Edited May 25, 2020 by Nat&Amy