Trump Says Countries Must Accept Their Citizens or Lose Visa

Washington : US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a new visa ban on citizens of countries refusing to call their citizens back during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Trump issued a memorandum for visa restrictions, which will come into force with immediate effect and it will remain in effect until December 31 of this year.

Trump said in the memorandum that countries that refuse to call their citizens or residents from the US during the pandemic of the COVID-19 or are delaying without cause are posing unacceptable public health threats to Americans. In a memorandum addressed to the Minister of Home Security and the Foreign Minister, the President said that the United States should send foreign nationals who violate US laws.

In this regard, the process will begin by the Minister of Home Security, who will identify those countries that did not accept the request of the US to call their citizens home. He will then notify the Foreign Minister. Trump said that within seven days of receiving such notification, the foreign minister would impose a visa ban on a country that is not calling back its citizens.