Official US Statement Regarding The Travel Ban On Nigeria And 5 Other Countries

The information is on the official page of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and it seems to target mostly immigrant visa applicants whose visas have not yet been granted.

Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania Will Face New Restrictions

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf announced that President Donald J. Trump signed a proclamation, which places new, tailored visa restrictions on six countries that failed to meet a series of security criteria, demonstrating that they could be a risk to the homeland. Acting Secretary Wolf also announced that the Department has updated the methodology it uses to assess compliance with the security criteria established under Executive Order 13780 in 2017. This enhanced review process raises the bar for global security by requiring nations to meet the Department’s stronger security standards and by making it clear to countries what they must do to meet those standards. The updated criteria enhance our screening and vetting capabilities and allow DHS to better identify terrorists and criminals attempting to enter the United States.

“The top responsibility of the President and the Department of Homeland Security is the safety and security of the American people, and these new vetting criteria accomplish that goal and are raising the bar for global security,” said Acting Secretary Wolf. “It is logical and essential to thoroughly screen and vet everyone seeking to travel or immigrate to the United States. However, there are some countries from whom the U.S. does not receive the necessary information about its travelers and, as a result, pose a national security or public safety risk that warrants tailored travel restrictions.”

Wolf continued: “DHS has refined its robust security standards, including enhanced screening and vetting capabilities, that allow us to better identify terrorists and criminals attempting to enter the United States. These screening and vetting capabilities are most effective when foreign governments contribute to our ability to verify a traveler’s identity and assess whether they pose a national security or public safety risk. For a small number of countries that lack either the will or the capability to adhere to these criteria, certain travel restrictions have become necessary to mitigate potential threats. The new, additional restrictions are not blanket restrictions. These tailored restrictions will make the U.S. safer and more secure. And countries that make the necessary improvements will have their restrictions removed accordingly, as was done in 2018.”

About the Refined Methodology

Pursuant to Executive Order 13780, DHS established identity-management, information sharing, national security, and public safety risk criteria all foreign governments are expected to adhere to in order to facilitate accurate and fair admissibility decisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

In its most recent review, DHS, in consultation with other departments and agencies, updated the methodology by which it reviews a foreign government’s performance. The update included refining and modifying specific performance metrics for each criteria, collecting additional data on foreign practices, and weighting criteria based on their degree of significance to U.S. national security. For example, DHS now considers whether a foreign government reports lost and stolen passports at least every 30 days, instead of considering whether they have ever shared such information. By reporting regularly, DHS officers can determine passport validity with higher confidence.

These changes give DHS a more detailed picture of a country’s compliance with the individual criteria and to hold them accountable for regular cooperation. In doing so, the updated methodology helps guide U.S. government discussions with foreign governments. Since implementing these measures, the Administration has recorded improvements in identity management and information sharing with multiple foreign governments, and because of this Administration’s actions, our international partners have raised their own baseline requirements.

About the new restrictions

The Acting Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Director of National Intelligence has conducted the fourth review required by Proclamation 9645. After further coordination with the other members of the cabinet and the National Security Council, the Acting Secretary submitted his recommendations to the President on September 13, 2019.

The travel restrictions imposed by the President today are tailored to the country-specific deficiencies identified during the review process and an assessment of travel-related risk. The new restrictions imposed by the President are less restrictive than the existing restrictions. Like the seven countries that continue to face travel restrictions pursuant to Proclamation 9645, the six additional countries added for restrictions are among the worst performing in the world; however, there are prospects for near-term improvement for these six countries. Each has a functioning government and each maintains productive relations with the United States. In each case and consistent with those restrictions imposed in 2017, the President has imposed specific travel restrictions to mitigate the risks posed. The restrictions imposed by this proclamation reflect the U.S. government’s greater confidence that these countries can make meaningful improvements in a reasonable period of time.

If that expectation is met, the President may remove travel restrictions at any time. Conversely, the President has also determined that if improvements are not made, additional restrictions may be added. Those travelers who have already been issued visas by the U.S. government will not be affected by the new restrictions.

Newly Imposed Restrictions

Burma: Burma has begun to engage with the United States on a variety of identity-management and information-sharing issues, but it does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.

Suspension of entry for Immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to the U.S. Government.

Eritrea: Eritrea does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.

Suspension of entry for Immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to the U.S. Government.

Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.

Suspension of entry for Immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to the U.S. Government.

Nigeria: Nigeria does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.

Suspension of entry for Immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to the U.S. Government.

Sudan: Sudan generally does not comply with our identity management performance metrics and presents a high risk, relative to other countries in the world, of terrorist travel to the United States.

Suspension of entry for Diversity Immigrants, as described in section 203(c) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1153(c).

Tanzania: Tanzania does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.

Suspension of entry for Diversity Immigrants, as described in section 203(c) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1153(c).

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/01/31/raising-global-travel-security-bar-dhs-announces-new-travel-restrictions-six

Their problems

Odes ..

We go find another place go na.

America be like nairaland mods.They ban you thinking you'll die meanwhile some weyreys get like 50 different accounts.The more you ban the more they open new ones.

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Chaiii!!!

See what dullard Buhari is costing this great Nation. Enyinnaya Abaribe was very right calling for the dullard to resign, but zombies were masturbating all over.

Lauretta Onochie,Garba Shehu and his co-travellers, I hope you all are seeing what the foolishness, incompetence, wickedness, myopicness and nepotic display of this calamity of a President is costing this Nation in the international community.


IPOBANTIDOTE
BUHARIGUY
BUHARI ADVOCATE
MADRIDGUY
HELINUS


Come.and disgrace your generations defending this terrorist of a President.

See what his foolish and terrorist tendencies is costing this country in the comity of Nations.

Nigeria: Nigeria does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.

Suspension of entry for Immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to the U.S. Government.

My understanding of the part in bold is that Nigerians can no longer immigrate to the US except those that have acted as moles for the US government. Very harsh and unnecessary.

The Federal government should engage the US government diplomatically to get the restriction reversed. If Trump insist on keeping the restriction after all necessary engagements, we should consider a reciprocal decision.

Spousal visa is being approved for countries under visa restrictions, Iran, Iraq and others have been obtaining spousal visa through the waiver program, although only a few are being approved

Noted with thanks.

Suspension of entry for Immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to the U.S. Government.

Can someone with better English understanding translate the bold part to me in my local lang So the US want us to leak our country information or what?

Oya Nigeria going, going,, going,,, under Mr integrity

Let Nigerians be serious, deal with their politicians and secure their own future. Americans at one point in time fought for what they now enjoy.

Nigeria does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics .
A serious government needs to address the issues above and nigeria is off the hook.

seunmsg:


My understanding of the part in bold is that Nigerians can no longer immigrate to the US except those that have acted as moles for the US government. Very harsh and unnecessary.

The Federal government should engage the US government diplomatically to get the restriction reversed. If Trump insist on keeping the restriction after all necessary engagements, we should consider a reciprocal decision.

seunmsg:


My understanding of the part in bold is that Nigerians can no longer immigrate to the US except those that have acted as moles for the US government. Very harsh and unnecessary.

The Federal government should engage the US government diplomatically to get the restriction reversed. If Trump insist on keeping the restriction after all necessary engagements, we should consider a reciprocal decision.

https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/about-eb-5-visa-classification

Cc: madridguy

Nigeria: Nigeria does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.

Nigeria is definitely going to be on that list forever .. we don’t have a centralized identity management system .. any Fulani herdsman , terrorist , murderer or armed robber can commit a crime in Kano serve his time or pay his way out and move to lagos to start life over .. there is no way for the US to verify his criminal background when he is applying for an immigrant visa .. and the Bunch of Nigerians adjusting status in the US, after biometrics , can only have the FBI reports of their activities since arrival in the US and not their criminal activities while they were in Nigeria which is also very important. We have a long way to go. We have fingerprints from Bvn, NIMC, drivers Licence , voters card ,passport , yet no centralized identity system . Commit a crime in Chicago and run to Texas , as long as you have your finger prints taken at any point it’s only a matter of time before you are caught ... can we say same for Nigeria

Nigerians should stay at home and develop their country.

seunmsg:


My understanding of the part in bold is that Nigerians can no longer immigrate to the US except those that have acted as moles for the US government. Very harsh and unnecessary.

The Federal government should engage the US government diplomatically to get the restriction reversed. If Trump insist on keeping the restriction after all necessary engagements, we should consider a reciprocal decision.

The US government says Nigeria has not complied with security protocols. The way to reverse it is to comply. Simple.

Insecurity is the main reason.

All thanks to those idiots that were burning USA flag all because of one Iranian general that didn't even know they existed.

Do you know what it means to burn the USA flag?
The implication??


Imagine you see someone burning your company flag, then the next week, a relation of that person that burns your flag comes for employment.

Would you grant him employment?? not to talk of even allowing him step foot or get closer to the company's gate.


It means terrorists.


Some of us don't know we have USA citizens here on nairaland. They monitor and read everything Nigerians say about the US.

Nigeria should even be the NO 1 country that shouldn't be granted visa by the US embassy.

Some idiots and retard we shared this country with are the cause of all these.

The president should have arrested those people burning the USA flag. unlike when you see an APC member burning a pdp flag or pdp burning brooms.

We need a leader that has vision.

Say no to Tribalism.

Tribalism is dangerous to progression.


Our leaders have failed us.

If applicant for American visa can just reduce by 50%, I'll be very happy.

Preggo celebrities planning to travel to the US to deliver their babies, how market? I wanna recommend a country to y'all, Bahamas.

APC will come here to say is fake news.

They're more confused like IPOB members.

I don't give a bleep. I av made my money here in 9ja. And God kept blessing me. So trump or USA Can Bleep off.

Trump ask Buhari why can't you re-open Nigerian land borders ?
Buhari responded I'm still waiting for the right time
Trump said I give you till January 31st to re-open the danm land borders or ....
Buhari cut in ... or what ?

Trump in a lower voice reply... or Nigerian join the list of travel ban countries....
Buhari hmmm... who care ?

The six additional countries added for restrictions are among the worst performing in the world


No matter how much you fail in life, you can never fail like buhari.

I don’t understand why people are criticizing Trump on this. His duty is to protect his citizenry. And there is policy is squarely aimed at that

How can a country like Nigeria spend billions of dollars on Identity Management and yet we have nothing to show for it. If I commit a crime today, our government does not have the capability to match my fingerprint from the crime scene with the fingerprint in a database and that’s the issue America has.

If I am on an Immigrant visa in the US and I commit a crime, the US wants to be able to match my DNA or Fingerprint collected at the scene with shared database from Nigeria and other countries.

Trump has not said you can’t enter for Tourism, Schooling or Business. Only for those who want to stay permanently. It is the right thing to do

The ball is in the court of our clueless President to get a proper Identity Management System and share it with the USA. Simple as ABC

This ban sweet me die. The Biafrans in the US are registered as Biafrans and not Nigeria in the US. The name Nigeria stinks in the international community.

Since we allowed Nigeria to be destroyed by the Fulanis its high time we in the south started disassociating ourselves from that name.

Nnamdi Kanu is really a prophet. He has been telling Biafrans abroad to always identify themselves as Biafrans.

Meanwhile he was invited to attend Trumps really at the VIP section.

Ok

Terrible policy, not good for honest Nigerians traveling for genuine reasons

the fact is that Buhari is trading with Russia and China and this is worrisome to US, with Russia aggreeing to complete Ajaokuta, and even promissing to build us two nuclear plant with a soft loan on top of that they gave us Apache helicopters which Americans would want us to wait till 2022 after paying 300million usd for mere super tucano turbo prop plane (planes with fan engine, not jet) this is upseting Trump

Over Staying rate of US visa by Nigerians have drastically reduced because of reduced Visa issuiance, even when it was on the rise Trump did nothing until we started looking for trade with the russians , Nigerians have the most law abiding US migrants in the US Army, as College Professors, Nurses and Paramedics, something lazy redneck American Racist cant do

Oloshi Trump and his Dunce Nigerian supporters, Nigeria doesnt need your VISA, we dont need your aids, and we dont need you stashing our Abacha loot, what we need are simply

*Stop Blocking our access to use our own uranium to have nuclear powers
*Stop stopping am sales from other countries to us
*Stop recieving our looted fund and seizing it for your own development
*Stop blocking our attempts at using coal with useless paris agreemnet even when you are still using coal plants
*American Chevron should also stop benefiting from our resources, you cant be milking as high as 40% in NNPC JV and keep lambasting our people

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Mtcheeww shey na their fault ni? No be their fault nah. Na the stupid leaders we get for Naija plus their shameless followers I blame. If we put our own house in order, will we have the need to go outside in search of opportunities? And with this US visa ban now, in no time, more countries embassies will follow suit. They'll start denying people visas more now because whatever US does usually has effect on most countries and now that we have been blacklisted by the US embassy, others will soon follow suit... What a shame! Let me just relax and see how this plays out. I kukuma know the dullard in Aso Rock can't do anything about it cos he's always clueless. Mtcheeww

Nigeria is cursed with a terrorist and sponsor of terrorist like Buhari.