Washington, D.C. — The Embassy of the Republic of Liberia in Washington, D.C. has issued a clarification on the US Authorities’s short-term administrative pause on the processing of sure immigrant visa classes, assuring Liberians that the measure doesn’t have an effect on non-immigrant visas and doesn’t sign a deterioration in Liberia–U.S. relations.
In a press release launched Thursday, the Embassy mentioned the pause applies to particular immigrant visa classes for nationals of 75 nations, together with Liberia, and is linked to the applying of U.S. immigration laws, notably public cost–associated assessments and documentation necessities. The Embassy emphasised that the measure is administrative in nature and never a country-specific sanction towards Liberia.
The clarification follows issues raised by Liberian nationals residing in the US, Canada, and Mexico, in addition to those that contacted the Embassy searching for readability on latest media reviews. The Embassy mentioned its assertion reinforces and helps an earlier press launch issued by Liberia’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs.
In keeping with the Embassy, the pause doesn’t apply to non-immigrant visa classes. Liberians could proceed to use for visas akin to B-1 (enterprise customer) and B-2 (vacationer/customer), in addition to pupil visas (F-1), alternate customer visas (J-1), and diplomatic or official visas (A and G), topic to straightforward U.S. immigration necessities.
The Embassy additional burdened that diplomatic relations between Liberia and the US stay robust and unchanged. It famous that each nations proceed to cooperate intently in areas together with financial and industrial diplomacy, commerce and funding promotion, improvement cooperation, diaspora engagement, and multilateral affairs.
“Relations between the Republic of Liberia and the US stay cordial, longstanding, and mutually respectful,” mentioned the assertion, signed by by Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh, Liberia’s Ambassador to the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Liberian nationals have been urged to depend on official data from the U.S. Division of State and the Authorities of Liberia, keep away from misinformation, and search clarification solely by means of acknowledged official channels. The Embassy additionally inspired eligible candidates to proceed submitting visa purposes, notably for unaffected non-immigrant classes.
The assertion concluded that the Authorities of Liberia, by means of the Ministry of Overseas Affairs and the Washington, D.C. Mission, stays actively engaged with U.S. authorities to make sure readability, transparency, and correct data for Liberian residents.
