US pauses most visa applications from Zimbabwe

The announcement marks the latest regularisation imposed by the Trump medication connected travellers from Africa.

The United States has announced a intermission connected each regular visa applications for citizens of Zimbabwe.

The State Department said successful a connection connected Thursday that the US embassy successful Zimbabwe would intermission each regular visa services starting from Friday “while we code concerns with the Government of Zimbabwe”.

The embassy described the measurement arsenic impermanent and portion of the Trump administration’s efforts to “prevent visa overstay and misuse”.

Most diplomatic and authoritative visas would beryllium exempt from the pause, the US said.

The US has enforced caller question restrictions connected citizens from respective African countries nether President Donald Trump’s broader migration enforcement policies.

In June, the US enactment successful spot question bans connected citizens from 12 countries, 7 of them successful Africa.

It accrued restrictions connected 7 different nations, 3 of them African.

The US has besides demanded that 36 countries, the bulk of them successful Africa, amended their vetting of travellers oregon look a prohibition connected their citizens visiting the United States.

Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia were each connected that database of 36 countries asked to amended their citizens’ question documentation and instrumentality steps to code the presumption of their nationals who are successful the US illegally.

“The Trump Administration is protecting our federation and our citizens by upholding the highest standards of nationalist information and nationalist information done our visa process,” the US State Department said connected Thursday.

The announcement came days aft the US unveiled a aviator task requiring citizens of 2 different African countries, Malawi and Zambia, to pay a enslaved of up to $15,000 for tourer oregon concern visas.

The enslaved volition beryllium forfeited if the applicant stays successful the US aft their visa expires.

The caller enslaved argumentation announced connected Tuesday requires Malawians and Zambians to wage bonds of $5,000, $10,000 oregon $15,000 arsenic portion of their exertion for a tourer oregon concern visa to the US.

Under the programme, citizens of those countries indispensable besides get and depart astatine 1 of 3 airports: Boston’s Logan International Airport, New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport oregon Dulles International Airport adjacent Washington, DC.

The visa enslaved aviator programme volition commencement connected August 20, the State Department said.