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It's implied that renewals fall under "the order does not apply to those already in the United States", but is frankly not direct or transparent enough to give
by hkmurakami 6y ago
It's implied that renewals fall under "the order does not apply to those already in the United States", but is frankly not direct or transparent enough to give comfort for those who have to leave the country temporarily to process their visa renewals. There were plenty of renewal snafus even before the current administration, and the vagueness of these EOs certainly don't make things better.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> It's implied that renewals fall under "the order does not apply to those already in the United States", but is frankly not direct or transparent enough to give comfort for those who have to leave the country temporarily to process their visa renewals. It specifically does not apply those in the US on the date of the proclamation or with a valid nonimmigrant visa or nonvisa entry document. So, no, there is no ambiguity on the face on this point. (That is, it expressly only applies to those outside the US on the date it becomes effective, who don't have a visa, and don't have a nonvisa travel document.)
- hkmurakami 6y agoI got this confirmed by an immigration attorney. Thank you for your information.