Tagged #visa-denial
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Executive Order on Birth Tourism: New Visa Denial Authority for State and DHS
Trump administration issues executive order authorizing State Department and DHS to deny, revoke, or bar entry for nonimmigrant visa holders entering for birth tourism purposes. Practitioners must advise clients on heightened scrutiny of pregnancy-related travel.
policy update
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9 FAM 302: How State Department Consular Officers Apply Visa Ineligibilities — and Where They Diverge from USCIS
How 9 FAM 302 codifies the State Department's interpretation of INA §212(a) grounds of inadmissibility for visa adjudication, and the recurring pattern of consular denials after USCIS approval.
policy update 7 min