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TheKey said:
I won’t comment on Trump’s demeanour because I don’t really care for him. I (and everyone else in this forum as a matter of fact) know that he could very well extend the visa ban. BUT that’s not what this proclamation (you shared) is about. The other forum members have commented that it doesn’t affect DV visa (truthfully at that). That doesn’t mean neither of us think he won’t extend the ban. BUT as it stands, it hasn’t been extended. We can only say, with no doubt, on the 31st of December 23:59 whether the ban is still in place.
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Or until there’s a proclamation explicitly extending that ban. (And there’s currently not one).
 
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.
 
SusieQQQ said:
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.
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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).
 
TheKey said:
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).
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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.
 
SusieQQQ said:
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.
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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.
 
TheKey said:
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.
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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?
 
FRAN 2020AF30XXX said:
I know a number of my friends who entered because they arrived before official communication was posted and they're in the US as we speak now
That's what I was talking about
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Well, that has nothing to do with my comment.

so what was the fake news according to you?
 
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