When will Somalia be removed from the US Visa Waiver Travel Ban list?

[Macawisley]

Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015​

Under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, travelers in the following categories must obtain a visa prior to traveling to the United States as they are no longer eligible to travel under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP):

• Nationals of VWP countries who have traveled to or been present in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, or Yemen on or after March 1, 2011 (with limited exceptions for travel for diplomatic or military purposes in the service of a VWP country).
• Nationals of VWP countries who are also nationals of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, or Syria.

Visa Waiver Program Eligible Countries are all basically all EU countries, AU/NZ and the UK.

I have come across a few diaspora Somalis who are from EU/UK who have been denied ESTA Approval Visas to the US due to their previous visit in Somalia before coming to the USA, this meant that despite them being from UK or the EU they had to manually apply for a visa which took more than 6+ months just to get an interview at their consulates/embassy. This is very outdated and the current Somali officials should lobby to have this ban removed ASAP.

 

[Qeelbax]

not anytime soon, get comfortable. do you need a sponsorship?

 

[Yaraye]

y'all better start driving to kenya