11/21/2017
Court Orders on Presidential Proclamation on Visas (November 13, 2017)
20 November, 2017
On November 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted, in part, the government’s motion for an emergency stay of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii’s October 17, preliminary injunction of Presidential Proclamation 9645 (P.P). Nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen who do not have a credible claim to a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States are subject to the restrictions and limitations in the P.P. Nationals from North Korea and Venezuela remain subject to the restrictions and limitations. More information is available at this link: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/news/important-announcement.html.
On November 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted, in part, the government’s motion for an emergency stay of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii’s October 17, preliminary injunction. The preliminary injunction prohibited the U.S. government from enforcing or impl...
