White House Briefing Live Watch Party

[Treasure1 236]

8 minutes ago, Sparkle Sparkle said:

and I doubt we we see any clarifications ....its all going to be lost in the wind again and for another six months we will receive conflicting reports for different embassies again....tired of all this BS

Don't worry,  k1 category is not affected, let's hope embassies open soon

[Sparkle Sparkle 913]

Just now, Treasure1 said:

Don't worry,  k1 category is not affected, let's hope embassies open soon

I sincerely hope so dear

[Tschuulia 28]

The new restrictions won’t apply to visa-holders already in the U.S., or those outside the country who have already been issued valid visas.
 

This was a part in the article i just read! 
 

This drives me nuts 😭😤 

[holdingonforhope 16]

8 minutes ago, Sparkle Sparkle said:

I sincerely hope so dear

Me too.

 

And this may come across insensitive and self-interested because I know some people may be relying on those employer and work-related visas, but for us K-1 applicants does this mean our timelines might be improved because these other applications will be placed on hold?

 

I'm new to all this, so please forgive my ignorance.

Edited June 22, 2020 by holdingonforhope

[JeanneAdil 6,220]

27 minutes ago, Chaudhary Awais01 said:

Is F4 category included in ban? 

F4 is family and is excluded from the April ban so if this is an extension of that one ,  then it is exempt from a ban

[Treasure1 236]

4 minutes ago, Sparkle Sparkle said:

I sincerely hope so dear

I'm sure you followed the Nigerian immigrant visa ban thread, I'm also sure you saw the k1 visa approvals after the ban kicked off,  k1 visa is a non-immigrant visa,  so cheer up okay?  I'm just sad some more people will be affected with this recent restrictions,  I'm pretty sure all will be fine again. 

[laylalex 7,249]

5 minutes ago, Tschuulia said:

The new restrictions won’t apply to visa-holders already in the U.S., or those outside the country who have already been issued valid visas.
 

This was a part in the article i just read! 
 

This drives me nuts 😭😤 

Yeah, I'm not going to trust an article in a general interest newspaper to get it right immediately. I want to see the EO itself and I want to see actual immigration attorneys give their opinion on what it means. We all know major media outlets don't know their rear end from their elbow when it comes to anything relating to immigration.

[Just Paul 4,591]

34 minutes ago, Chaudhary Awais01 said:

Is F4 category included in ban? 

 

[Tschuulia 28]

1 minute ago, laylalex said:

Yeah, I'm not going to trust an article in a general interest newspaper to get it right immediately. I want to see the EO itself and I want to see actual immigration attorneys give their opinion on what it means. We all know major media outlets don't know their rear end from their elbow when it comes to anything relating to immigration.

Im a very anxious person for a few years now

so this confuses me alot by just reading it
But you are right! 
I shouldnt read too much into it before the official eo has even been posted. 

[NoName70 22]

18 minutes ago, Treasure1 said:

Don't worry,  k1 category is not affected, let's hope embassies open soon

They won’t be affected, if they were to be they’d be mentioned in the list of suspended visas. 

[SoSol 27]

24 minutes ago, Sparkle Sparkle said:

I sincerely hope so dear

They are not processing K1s for me because of the proclamation wasn't clear on K1 being unaffected. In a sense its up to each individual embassy how they see the new proclamation whether or not they will issue K1s from now til end of the year. 

 

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Furthermore, intending applicants should note that on April 22, another Presidential Proclamation was issued that suspends the entry of certain immigrants to the United States for a period of 60 days.  More information about this Proclamation can be found here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/Proclamation-Suspending-Entry-of-Immigrants-Who-Present-Risk-to-the-US-labor-market.html.

This was the copy and paste response from the Chinese embassy

Edited June 22, 2020 by SoSol

[Kate.Alday 113]

4 minutes ago, Tschuulia said:

Im a very anxious person for a few years now

so this confuses me alot by just reading it
But you are right! 
I shouldnt read too much into it before the official eo has even been posted. 

IR1/CR1 excluded from this ban. You can read first edition. 

[Sparkle Sparkle 913]

14 minutes ago, Treasure1 said:

I'm sure you followed the Nigerian immigrant visa ban thread, I'm also sure you saw the k1 visa approvals after the ban kicked off,  k1 visa is a non-immigrant visa,  so cheer up okay?  I'm just sad some more people will be affected with this recent restrictions,  I'm pretty sure all will be fine again. 

yes I  do follow the Nigerian thread and I see the approvals...but information fro embassies in europe have not been encouraging thats what i meant by the need for clarifications. I am just saying its not right that we have to second guess something as important as immigration 

Edited June 22, 2020 by Sparkle Sparkle

[CGs_Mother 114]

Ok what about CR1/CR2? My petition was already approved and transferred to NVC. Does that mean it's on hold because I'm consular?? Not sure if anyone knows anything but just want to throw it out there. Thanks.

[Sparkle Sparkle 913]

5 minutes ago, SoSol said:

They are not processing K1s for me because of the proclamation wasn't clear on K1 being unaffected. In a sense its up to each individual embassy how they see the new proclamation whether or not they will issue K1s from now til end of the year. 

You saying basically that embassies are allowed to go solo interpreting the EO and deciding who to issue k1 and who not to issue?