NY TIMES: The administration has enacted a suspension on the approval of almost all type of visas for Palestinian passport holders.
NY Times: The new measures were laid out in an August 18 cable sent by the State Department headquarters to all U.S. embassies and consulates, and would prohibit Palestinians, including the diaspora, from entering the United States on various types of non-immigrant visas.
NY Times: The change will affect visas granted for medical treatment, university studies, visits to friends or relatives, and business travel, at least temporarily. The restrictions cover anyone holding only a Palestinian passport; they do not apply to Palestinians with dual nationalities using other passports, or those who have already obtained visas.
NY Times: US Consulates were told to invoke section 221-G of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to refuse visitor visas to anyone using a Palestinian passport in applications. The move is tantamount to a blanket rejection of Palestinian visa requests, according to former US officials.
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