The U.S. State Department will require all nations to provide extensive data to help it vet visa applicants and determine whether a traveler poses a terrorist threat, according to a cable obtained by Reuters.
Countries that fail to comply with the new protocols or take steps to do so within 50 days could face travel sanctions.
The cable, sent to all U.S. diplomatic posts on Wednesday, is a summary of a worldwide review of vetting procedures that was required under U.S. President Donald Trump’s revised March 6 executive order that temporarily banned U.S. travel by most citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries.
We were warned last year April (DNO, 15 April, 2016) and I hope we have cleaned up our act in the interim
so as to meet the U.S. requirements on the background vetting of applicants for our citizenship.
If not, we will be on the classified list of countries deemed inadequate or at risk by the U.S. State Dept. It would be helpful if our Minister of Foreign Affairs could confirm that Dominica is not on this list so as to remove any unnecessary anxiety for our citizens. Such would be a very positive message indeed.
Trump is doing what he said he would. On this basis, he was elected. Those who do not have to go to the US simply do not worry about it. You can survive just where you are.
This reminds me what St. Paul said: “Remain where God has placed you.” Much more could be stated about that.
Cease your chronic negativity, for those who do. Help build-up and enhance your country. Make it a godly, wonderful, happy, peaceful and safe place to live that we once enjoyed. This is what Dominica needs right now.
De Black Market gonna turn White.
Who don’t hear, will feel
Hello false doctor Punjab, let’s see how you deal with this one.After you had Dominica deny the USA and the UN by harboring, according to Nanton,”my brother Ali”,in Dominica,we shall see how your due diligence lie gets you and your government associates out of the mess you created.Your vetoing of the US sponsored resolution on Venezuela will not help the Dominican traveling public either.Punjab false doctor “Skerritt” you are the worst thing that ever happened to my country. I’m waiting for news that you will be deported out of the USA too
Once again we see the vindictiveness of a rogue administration. The same administration that pulled.. out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Already a visa is required to enter the USA. Your application can be rejected without any explanation.
Applicant for citizenship from foreigners must renounce their current citizenship. So when Trump strip someone of their citizenship by naturalization he is effectively making them a stateless person.
All this racism mischief under the pretex of fighting terrorism, fighting ISIS.
He is asking for eletronic passports so your personal information can be hacked..
USA allows dual citizenship.
@ One Love you are wrong. America does not accept or recognize dual citizenship. Google it and stop misleading people.
Yes, the U.S.A allows dual citizenship under certain circumstances but it definitely allows dual U.S – Israeli citizenship. There are many people, past and present in the U.S administration, who hold both a U.S.A. and an Israel passport.
A “rogue administration” oriented toward finding out who is entering the US, rather than just looking good on the camera and with the celebrity class? Trump a “rogue” for refusing to have the USA bled by countries promising to go green? In that case we need more “rogues” and fewer panderers! Trump cannot strip anyone of their citizenship; he can only put barriers in the way of people falsely claiming HIS citizenship. Emile Dominique, put away the charge of “racism.” The notion that bad things happen to black people because white people wake up in the morning hoping to ruin their day is POISON to young black minds. If it were true, why would you ever work hard? Hacking electronic passports? You must be an American Democrat groping for an anti-Trump message.
@ Spike. And you Sir must be a white KKK.
@ Spike. You Sir must be a white KKK.
@ Spike. Yes, “rogue administration” When you have 70% un -approval rating, when you have 70% saying your behavior is unpresidential, when you have demonstration at home and abroad against you, What do you call that? When you have ungentlemanly attitude towards your wife in public, when you insult the press and media so viciously……..should I go on….about the lies lies , more lies. I guess its all ‘FAKE NEWS’
My “black mind” you think its only black people who see Trumps misbehavior as unacceptable and un- American. Do you look at TV? Do you look at the View or CNN and Fox. Do you read the Nation and Time magazines. Did you read about his behavior while attending the G20 heads of government conference ? It was not black people or black media reporting.
reporting.
OMG, imagine if America cut off Dominica like Cuba, no more malls, no more iphones, no more louis vutton, no more mcDonalds, and u stuck under the skerrit regime for the rest of your life, look misery.
You obviously haven’t got a clue about life in Dominica. We don’t have a MacDonalds, one KFC only that people consider a luxury, We had one Pizza Hut and one Subway but they closed, no Louis Vuiton ( perhaps some fakes but only the P.M. and his delegation may get a real one on their visit to Malaysia) and we certainly have no malls, not even thrift malls. So it is not much the ordinary people are losing except their freedom to travel, which most can’t afford anyway on a min. wage of U.$.1.35 per hour, that is if they have a job. This time it are the elite big boys that will get hit with reality.
You sound like an idiot
Skerrit and his DLP Gov’t, because of their greed, have and continues to place Dominica and its citizens in plenty, plenty, plenty problems.
Harbouring international criminals in our country? Monfared and God knows who else have been seeking refuge in our peaceful DA, running away from INTERPOL and other international law enforcement agencies.
Innocent Dominicans have to pay for the greed of Skerritt and his Cabal? They boast of rubbing shoulders with millionaires and billionaires. They boast of friends who are involved in criminal acts, fraud, money-laundering, embezzlement of millions/billions.
Who has delivered our DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS and appointed those international criminals to all sorts of secret DIPLOMATIC posts? Lennox or Skerritt?
Homeland security has publicly stated those acts are a threat to US SECURITY architecture.
Royal Bank of Canada branch in DA, ask them to take out millions, dis allowing the funds from passport sales to be lodged in their…
Dominica is a christian nation, Linton need to write the president Rouhani to provide some assistance to help them recover there funds, how can seat idle by as a people when children are starving in Iran because of a few men who are greedy.
WE NEED CAMPAIGN FINANCING ACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My biggest concern is that this corrupt DLP may not even be able to meet the deadline, because our CBI programme is the most secretive of all CBI programmes….While those self serving idiots and numskulls can fool Dominica Labourites, theY cant do that to the USA……..This challenge has always been highlighted by the opposition and concerned citizens of Dominica, so to many of us it is not surprising.
What aches my stomach though, is the fragility of the programme, and those ruthless idiots are still frittering the proceeds of CBI away to buy votes, instead of doing the things needed to GROW THE ECONOMY.
SKERRIT MUST GO
SKERRIT MUST GO
SKERRIT MUST GO NOW
Very idiotic, have you read the document in question? What exactly are the countries supposed to be doing to satisfy American imigration law? It is the US that establishes the entry requirements for visitors entering the USA, if you don’t meet the requirements you will not be granted a visa.
A little too late because people like Aliereza Monfared and NG Lap Seng would be in trouble. But that move will surely put more pressure on Skerrit and the passport dealers.
Antigua has already disclosed its full list of diplomatic passport holders only yesterday but Roosevelt Skerrit thinks he is such a big shaker and mover he can defy the U.S. and Interpol. Let me see how long he can hold out with that arrogance of his. He is just a little boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar too often by Uncle Sam. Go and blame Lennox Linton now and laugh at him Francine!. Soon they may put visa restriction on all Dominica passport holders and even Skerrits own diplomatic passport will not help him.
As long as I can remember Dominicans require a visa to enter the USA, so what rubish are you taking. This is a US policy that will affect citizens of all countries who have to apply for vizas to enter the US. This has nothing to do with CBI as countries like St. Vincet, jamaica and other caricom countries who don’t have a CBI program are also affected.
Anon,yes it will affect the CBI.It states that the country has to prove it won’t harbor terrorists.Dominica is known to harbor Monfared and other international criminals.Remember the CBS 60 minutes program,the Head of Homeland security said that the selling or giving of diplomatic passports to criminals undermines the security apparatus of the US and it’s allies.With this travel Hassel and scrutiny who will line up for a passport from a marked country
Listen wax ear. All Dominicans need a visa to go to the U.S.A. , we know that already but it also applies to all those who got our passport through the CBI and have never been to Dominica and don’t speak a word of English and I bet a lot of those don’t stand a snowball in hell’s change to get such a visa, neither for the U.S.A. nor for Canada.