US bars Iranians from trade and investment visas

Home World US bars Iranians from trade and investment visas 23-01-2020 07:01 AM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The United States, locked in a tense confrontation with Iran in the Middle East, has barred Iranians from entering the country on trade and investment visas from Thursday. US Citizenship and Immigration Services attributed the change to the termination in October 2018 of a treaty of amity with Iran, which is the target of US sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs. The E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrant visas allow citizens of other countries to be admitted into the United States to engage in international trade or to invest a large sum of capital. Iranians are no longer eligible for such visas, the service said. Those already in the country with these visas must leave once their authorized stay expires, it said. It was not clear how many Iranians will be affected. The little-known agreement was signed long before Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution that turned the two countries into archenemies. The US killing this month of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and an exchange of military strikes has raised tensions to a new level. *Reuters

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US bars Iranians from trade and investment visas

23-01-2020 07:01 AM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The United States, locked in a tense confrontation with Iran in the Middle East, has barred Iranians from entering the country on trade and investment visas from Thursday.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services attributed the change to the termination in October 2018 of a treaty of amity with Iran, which is the target of US sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs.

The E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrant visas allow citizens of other countries to be admitted into the United States to engage in international trade or to invest a large sum of capital.

Iranians are no longer eligible for such visas, the service said. Those already in the country with these visas must leave once their authorized stay expires, it said. It was not clear how many Iranians will be affected.

The little-known agreement was signed long before Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution that turned the two countries into archenemies.

The US killing this month of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and an exchange of military strikes has raised tensions to a new level.

*Reuters

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