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Sadly predictable. Here’s hoping Biden reverses the EO soon after he gets sworn in. Remember that his immigration policy is not only strongly in favor of family reunification (the categories most affected by the PP) but also specifically praises DV as a principle.
 
Sadly predictable. Here’s hoping Biden reverses the EO soon after he gets sworn in. Remember that his immigration policy is not only strongly in favor of family reunification (the categories most affected by the PP) but also specifically praises DV as a principle.
Fingers crossed! Happy New Year!
 
Who has the official government press release or any official government communication agency?
No report on any official government sites yet it's already new year in the whole of US
 
Sidebar: if you plan on still travelling during this extension, I would not recommend it. Some selectees have claimed that airlines have some sort of “list” barring travel.

This “list” apparently has names of people with valid visas, but are still subject to the proclamation. Airlines have told those people that they got that information from the American government (consulates/embassies).

(This information may not be reliable. But it’s still worth considering before you fly out and/or book a non-refundable ticket).
 
Sidebar: if you plan on still travelling during this extension, I would not recommend it. Some selectees have claimed that airlines have some sort of “list” barring travel.

This “list” apparently has names of people with valid visas, but are still subject to the proclamation. Airlines have told those people that they got that information from the American government (consulates/embassies).

(This information may not be reliable. But it’s still worth considering before you fly out and/or book a non-refundable ticket).
I am sure people with the “subject to PP” annotation would not be allowed to board. I don’t think airlines need a list of names, they just need to be instructed to examine any annotations on the visas, just like they examine visas for expiry dates. (Certainly airlines have lists of things. I have personally seen an airline agent call a supervisor for a passenger who had the same name as someone on the US’s no-fly list.) And of course even if someone slipped past a sloppy airline clerk they’d be stopped by CBP.
 
I am sure people with the “subject to PP” annotation would not be allowed to board. I don’t think airlines need a list of names, they just need to be instructed to examine any annotations on the visas, just like they examine visas for expiry dates. (Certainly airlines have lists of things. I have personally seen an airline agent call a supervisor for a passenger who had the same name as someone on the US’s no-fly list.) And of course even if someone slipped past a sloppy airline clerk they’d be stopped by CBP.

Very true! Some visa holders are stranded in foreign countries because they weren’t allowed to board their connecting flight to the US.

The risk may seem worth it. But it almost always ends up with you wasting your time and money.
 
Very true! Some visa holders are stranded in foreign countries because they weren’t allowed to board their connecting flight to the US.

The risk may seem worth it. But it almost always ends up with you wasting your time and money.

Well - those are different types of cases, if I’m thinking of the same ones - where the first leg airline agent didn’t check that people from Covid-banned countries had the required exemptions to enter, but where the problem was picked up at the transit airport. That’s a little different because whether or not you can enter is a case-by-case basis. As far as I understand all the September DV visas have the PP annotation printed on the visa.
 
The extension mentions an exception to section 2 of PP10014
Would that mean also those who have visas as at the extension date are allowed entry?
 
Well, that has nothing to do with my comment.

so what was the fake news according to you?
News credibility is authenticated by source
It was very premature for people to announce without quoting an official source hence fake news
Now we have an official source, so it's official news
US news are from .gov not from bloggers and news agencies without a press release
 
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