Thursday, March 3, 2016

U.S. adds visa restrictions to Yemen, Somalia, Libya travelers



The United States has added Yemen, Somalia and Libya as "countries of concern" under its visa waiver program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday, in a move that will make U.S. visa procedures more stringent for individuals who have visited those nations during the past five years.
The new restrictions were imposed under a law passed after the November attacks in Paris attributed to Islamic State. Citizens of U.S. allies who previously had been able to travel to the United States without first obtaining a visa now will have to apply to U.S. consulates for such visas if they have traveled to those designated countries in the past five years. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-travel-visa-idUSKCN0VR1W1.

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