The United States will stop issuing "trader" and "investor" visas to Iranian citizens, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced in a notice on in the Federal Register on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd January, 2020) The United States will stop issuing "trader" and "investor" visas to Iranian citizens, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced in a notice on in the Federal Register on Wednesday.
"US Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security is announcing that nationals of Iran and their dependents are no longer eligible to change to or extend their stay in E-1 or E-2 nonimmigrant status," the notice said, adding that the new rule would go into effect on Thursday.
Iranians already in the United States on the affected status will be required to depart when their visas expire, but can apply for a different type of permit, the notice said.
The new regulations were issued in furtherance of the termination of a 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran, it added.
According to the Associated Press news agency, out of more than 10 million US non-immigrant visas issued annually, only about 48,000 E-visas are issued to people from all nations.
