The embassy of the united states of America in Algeria today unveiled, via a statement on its facebook page, new updates on the granting of visas to Algerians. these new measures follow the revocation of the old trump administration decree, which deals with legal immigration.
in fact, the facebook page of the American embassy in Algeria published today, February 28, 2021, a press release in which it exposed the new visa procedures. The embassy press release is part of the measures taken by the new American president Joe Biden, in particular following the cancellation, which took place last Friday, of a decree by his predecessor Donald Trump, which prohibited legal immigration for diversity visa lottery program beneficiaries.
The American embassy explained in its press release that “presidential ordinance 10014 was canceled on February 24, 2021 ″, which now allows holders of a dv2020 diversity visa to travel to the united states of America .
Details from the embassy
A resumption of processing for visa types ir5, f1, f3, f4 has also been announced by the US Embassy. The latter had underlined, again according to the press release published on its facebook page, that family preference visas (f2a, f2b), diversity visas (dv2021), as well as immigrant visas based on employment, also von benefit from this recovery.
The American diplomatic representation in Paris, had also specified that priority will however be given to visas of direct relevance, in this case those of diversity, work, spouse, and family reunification.
In addition, the embassy adds that applicants will be contacted directly by the consular center of kentucky (kcc), the national visa center (nvc) or the consular section of the embassy, as soon as a date for the interview is available. fixed.
Finally, the American embassy in Algeria assured that preventive measures against the new coronavirus are still in place, and that the restrictions are still applied in the United States as in Algeria. the statement added that “types of flights, schedules, airlines and airport openings are subject to changes and requirements” related to the outbreak.
