On February 24, 2021, President Biden rescinded Presidential Proclamation 10014 which prohibited the entry of certain immigrants into the United States due to possible harm to economic interests due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, the ban imposed on certain non-immigrant visas by the Trump Presidential Proclamation 10052 remains in place.
This means that the State Department will have to alter policy that has been in place since the Spring of 2020 and the U.S. consulates will now have to begin scheduling appointments for immigrant visa applicants through out the world.
With the exception of certain non-immigrant visas such as the E and the TN, the U.S. consulates will continue to delay the processing of certain other non-immigrant visas.
