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The United States has announced a pause on visa applications from Zimbabwe. The US State Department said this new directive will start Friday “while we address concerns with the Government of Zimbabwe.”
The injunction is said to be temporary and part of the Trump Administration’s plans to supposedly “prevent visa overstay and misuse.”
A US State Department spokesman reportedly issued a statement to Newsweek saying, “The U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, beginning August 8, will pause all routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services with the exception of most diplomatic and official visas, while we address concerns with the Government of Zimbabwe.”
Newsweek was also told by the State Department that “The Trump Administration is protecting our nation and our citizens by upholding the highest standards of national security and public safety through our visa process. We are always working to prevent visa overstay and misuse.”
The pause on visas for Zimbabweans is coming a few days after the Trump Administration announced a new policy mandating that visa applicants from Malawi and Zambia must pay bonds in the amounts of $5,000; 10,000; and 15,000.
Last June, the administration also placed travel bans on seven African countries: Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan.
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