Tag: Moshe Schulman

Reuters reported that more than 37,000 visa applications were refused in 2018 as a direct result of the administration’s travel ban on primarily Muslim-majority countries. K-1 visas for fiances of US citizens dropped 35.7% in fiscal year 2018, compared to 2016, and student visas declined by 23%, according to state department data. The document is just one of myriad changes under the current administration that have made it more difficult for people to enter and stay in the country through lawful means – even as Trump says publicly that he wants foreigners in the US, but “they have to come in legally”. Two years later, that number plummeted to 22,491 “Is it deliberate? In August 2016, Fawzi and his family say they received a letter with conditional approval to resettle in the US. “Four months,” Fawzi’s family told the Guardian, “and we are now in two years and [a] half.” Every time they ask officials about why they are stuck in Lebanon, they get the same answer: security procedure. However, experts in immigration policy say there’s no evidence many of the new vetting policies affecting foreign nationals work. Bier said the requirements have been devised primarily to “obstruct legal immigration”. “The ultimate goal is making it more difficult to live in the United States legally,” Bier said. But at least his partner’s visa was eventually approved.

Reuters reported that more than 37,000 visa applications were refused in 2018 as a direct result of the administration’s travel ban on primarily Muslim-majority countries. K-1 visas for fiances of US citizens dropped 35.7% in fiscal year 2018, compared to 2016, and student visas declined by 23%, according to state department data. The document is just one of myriad changes under the current administration that have made it more difficult for people to enter and stay in the country through lawful means – even as Trump says publicly that he wants foreigners in the US, but “they have to come in legally”. Two years later, that number plummeted to 22,491 “Is it deliberate? In August 2016, Fawzi and his family say they received a letter with conditional approval to resettle in the US. “Four months,” Fawzi’s family told the Guardian, “and we are now in two years and [a] half.” Every time they ask officials about why they are stuck in Lebanon, they get the same answer: security procedure. However, experts in immigration policy say there’s no evidence many of the new vetting policies affecting foreign nationals work. Bier said the requirements have been devised primarily to “obstruct legal immigration”. “The ultimate goal is making it more difficult to live in the United States legally,” Bier said. But at least his partner’s visa was eventually approved.