US E1 Visa and E2 Visa no Longer Available to Iranians
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This is an unusual step countries are very rarely removed from the list.
E2 and E1 visas may be introduced once suitable treaties are put in place between the US and Countries around the World. The UK was the first Country to be included under the E2 and E1 visa scheme in 1815, about twenty-two years after the War of Independence fought between the thirteen British colonies (now part of the United States) and Great Britain.
In some respects President Trump is taking a tougher line on Iran, with the Trump administration having ended the treaty with Iran on 3 October 2018 giving one year notice. Will this turn out to be counter-productive? Trump policies can be confusing. Some of the time he stresses peace.
The Trump administration has stripped Iranian nationals of US E1 and E2 visa eligibility, amid tensions between Tehran and Washington. In a press release issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency said the change was a result of the termination of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights with Iran.
The termination of the treaty, on October 3 2018, was ordered by the Trump administration after the United Nations’ top court demanded that the US bring an end to sanctions blocking food, medical supplies and aircraft parts from entering Iran.
US E1 and E2 non-immigrant visas allow nationals of a country with a treaty investment or treaty trade agreement to enter the US for international trade purposes or to invest in an American business.
This is an unusual step countries are very rarely removed from the list.
E2 and E1 visas may be introduced once suitable treaties are put in place between the US and Countries around the World. The UK was the first Country to be included under the E2 and E1 visa scheme in 1815, about twenty-two years after the War of Independence fought between the thirteen British colonies (now part of the United States) and Great Britain.
In some respects President Trump is taking a tougher line on Iran, with the Trump administration having ended the treaty with Iran on 3 October 2018 giving one year notice. Will this turn out to be counter-productive? Trump policies can be confusing. Some of the time he stresses peace.
The Trump administration has stripped Iranian nationals of US E1 and E2 visa eligibility, amid tensions between Tehran and Washington. In a press release issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency said the change was a result of the termination of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights with Iran.
The termination of the treaty, on October 3 2018, was ordered by the Trump administration after the United Nations’ top court demanded that the US bring an end to sanctions blocking food, medical supplies and aircraft parts from entering Iran.
US E1 and E2 non-immigrant visas allow nationals of a country with a treaty investment or treaty trade agreement to enter the US for international trade purposes or to invest in an American business.
