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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Momodou[/i] [br][b][size=4]U.S. Embassy Banjul suspends Visa Issuance to Gambian Gov’t Officials and families[/size=4] The Point: Tuesday, October 04, 2016[/b] http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/us-embassy-banjul-suspends-visa-issuance-to-gambian-govt-officials-and-families [img=left]http://thepoint.gm/_library/2016/2/alsup-s.jpg[/img=left]As of October 3, 2016, the United States Embassy in Banjul, The Gambia, has discontinued issuing visas to Gambian government officials, others associated with the government, and their families, a press release by the US Embassy in Banjul has stated. It said the Department may make exceptions for travel based on U.S. international obligations and to advance humanitarian and other U.S. government interests. The release explained further: “Why is this? There are a number of Gambians in the United States who are under final deportation orders. Some of them are in detention. These Gambian citizens have all been afforded full access to the U.S. legal system, but have exhausted all possible legal appeals. We want to return them to their families in The Gambia, but the Gambian government must provide passports or other travel documents so that we can do so. “Until travel documents are issued for Gambians ordered deported from the U.S., we are unable to issue visas for Gambian government officials, except in limited circumstances. “We hope that travel documents for Gambians under deportation orders in the U.S. will be provided soon so that these Gambians can return home and U.S. Embassy Banjul can resume issuing all categories of visas. “Consular operations at the U.S. Embassy in Banjul remain open. Visa operations will be conducted as usual, with the exception of cases in government and government-related categories that cannot be issued until restrictions have been lifted.” [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.