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US State Department revokes visa for four top Dominican officials
posted on: Feb 22 2012 10:1 by The Reporter. Viewed 328 times.
US TV channel Univision reported last week that the US State Department
has revoked the US visas of four top Dominican officials.
When asked, the US State Department refused to confirm or deny the names, saying “Due to the confidentiality of visa records (section 222 (f) of the immigration and Nationality Act) in general we cannot provide information on individual cases, except to the visa bearer,“ and, “The Department of State has broad authority (section 221 (i) under the Immigration and Nationality Act) to revoke visas. This authority is typically exercised when, after the issuance of a visa, information arises indicating that the visa holder may be inadmissible to the United States or ineligible to receive a visa.”
Attorney General of the Republic, Radhames Jimenez Peña and the Minister of Planning said that did not know that the United States had withdrawn the visas of four of the closest collaborators of the President. Nonetheless, Montas said that the complaint does not affect the image of the government or the foreign investments.
After the news broke in the International media, Crispin and Medina were carrying out their functions as usual, accompanying the President at the re-inauguration of the San Lorenzo Materno-Infantile Hospital in Los Mina, but they did not give reporters a chance to ask questions.
The US State Department’s actions are not unusual. In March 2011, the United States ambassador, Raul Yzaguirre, said that they had withdrawn visas from a “large number of persons with drug trafficking, corruption and murder precedence,” but he did not reveal any names.
This is the full statement issued this morning by the US Embassy:
Due to the confidentiality of visa records (section 222 (f) of the immigration and Nationality Act) in general we cannot provide information on individual cases, except to the visa bearer.
The Department of State has broad authority (section 221 (i) under the Immigration and Nationality Act) to revoke visas. This authority is typically exercised when, after the issuance of a visa, information arises indicating that the visa holder may be inadmissible to the United States or ineligible to receive a visa.
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