Indefinite Entry Bars Rescinded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.
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