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and Germany, these countries are not federal court decisions holding that
presently included in the ban. The trav- the State Department cannot use
el restrictions imposed on South Afri- COVID-related travel restrictions as a
ca and its neighbors may even make justification for refusing to issue visas.
other countries less likely to report the It is also hoped that this signals that Simply go to your App Store or Play Store
discovery of other new variants, lest the ban may not remain for very long.
they too face an onerous travel ban. As Until these ineffective travel bans are
a result of flights not going into South rescinded for good, however, they will
Africa, one public health official, Tulio continue to cause serious hardship for
de Oliveria, angrily tweeted that his travelers from many African countries
lab will run out of reagents needed to while doing little to prevent the spread From SmartTV Download ZingoTV App
test for the variant. of the Omicron variant.
Fortunately, the U.S. Embassy (This blog is for informational purposes,
in South Africa has announced that and should not be relied as a substitute
South African consulates will contin- for legal advice).
ue processing visa applications, and *Kaitlyn Box graduated with Login|Register with your eMail then
embassies in neighboring countries a JD from Penn State Law in 2020,
appear to be following suit. These and is an Associate at Cyrus D. Mehta
operations are consistent with recent & Partners PLLC.
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ciplinary Committee, Appellate Division, First Department, New York; member of the ABA
Commission on Immigration; board member of Volunteers for Legal Services and board
member of New York Immigration Coalition. Mr. Mehta is the former chair of the Board of
Trustees of the American Immigration Council and former chair of the Committee on Immi-
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and writer on various immigration-related issues, including on ethics, and is also an adjunct
professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches a course entitled Immigration and
Work. Mr. Mehta received the AILA 2018 Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for advancing
the practice of immigration law and the AILA 2011 Michael Maggio Memorial Award for his
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received two AILA Presidential Commendations in 2010 and 2016. Mr. Mehta is ranked
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Immigration Law 2019 and is also ranked in Chambers USA and Chambers Global 2019 in
immigration law, among other rankings.

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