ISLAMABAD, March 10: Pakistan has contacted to the State Division for clarity after reports of conceivable travel checks being forced on its passage while travelling to the US.
Last week, a media report suggest that Pakistan may too be included on a list of nations whose citizens would be banned from entering the US, as a policy of the Trump administration’s fixing noose on unlawful immigration.
Subsequent news further suggests that Pakistanis may not confront any complete bar from traveling, but may experience a tight scrutiny when applying for a US visa.
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Pakistan authortities in Washington are in contact with the US State Department, but nothing has been confirmed or shared with them yet.
Earlier this week, US media had reported that Pakistan may be set in an “orange” category, which would force limitations on certain sorts of visas.
Nations in this category would as it were be qualified for visas such as commerce travel for well-off people, but not for migrants or sightseers.
The length of these visas might moreover be abbreviated, and candidates would be required to go to in-person interviews.
Speculation with respect to a fresh travel boycott risen previous week when reports in major US and UK daily newspapers demonstrated that a draft proposition calls for a “red list” of nations whose citizens may be banished from entering the US.
This list would generally contain nations already limited beneath prior forms of the travel boycott, counting Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.
The proposed draft probably includes Afghanistan to the list, but it isn’t clear whether Pakistan is or isn’t on the list.
However, a few Pakistani university students studying within the US instituions have allegedly been suggested not to return to the homeland since their instituions are not beyond any doubt whether they would be permitted back into the country.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) had final week cautioned Pakistanis, among about a dozen other nationalities, not to travel from the United States until the organization reports the fresh travel ban.
New Comprehensive vetting
According to reports, the US State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs is finishing the primary draft of these limitations, with input from security masters at other divisions and intelligence agencies.
Regional bureaus at the State Department and US government offices around the world are too anticipated to supply input.
When media contcated to the State Office on this issue, a representative affirmed that a comprehensive appraisal of its visa programs was being carried out, which may take impact as early as the coming week.
These endeavors are segment of a fresh activity to tighten border security and address unlawful immigration.
The department is undertaking a full survey of all visa programs as associated with this Executive Order, a representative responded, referencing President Trump’s Official Order 14161, directed to ensuring US National Security and Public Safety.
The representative too asserted that the visa policy handlers guarantee that voyagers to the US don’t create any national security threat.
All visa candidates would experience a comprehensive verifying against a wide cluster of classified and unclassified data held by US government offices to confirm their character and recognize any potential dangers to US national security, the representative responded.
