Indefinite Entry Bars Rescinded

Indefinite Entry Bars Rescinded

• January 21st, 2021
• in Capstone International Services

On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, President Biden issued a Proclamation Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States.

This action rescinds prior executive orders 9983 issued on Friday, January 31, 2020 and 9645 issued on September 24, 2017 which impacted citizens of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar (also known as Burma), Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.

For a breakdown of how the now-revoked Executive Orders’ impacted travel for all 13 countries please look here: https://www.nafsa.org/professional-resources/browse-by-interest/executive-order-travel-ban-nafsa-resources.

References:

• January 21, 2021 Executive Order
• January 31, 2020 Executive Order
• September 24, 2017 Proclamation
• Supreme Court Decision on Travel Ban
• A full history of the Executive Order Entry Ban Litigation