There has been much media drama over the Trump Travel Ban in the past few days, and several US courts have already issued temporary injunctions, preventing its effect. The Order is calling for sweeping reviews of immigration, refugee and visa policy for entry into the United States from all countries. The Trump Order revokes the visa interview waiver program, which means that consular offices around the world are now going to be even more overworked than they were previously. As new immigration review procedures likely come into effect over the next several months, the wait time to get a visa appointment and to obtain the actual visa document is going to become even longer. Procedures to expedite visa processing are likely to be eliminated altogether – no more last minute calls to the Embassy to get a visa for that conference or business meeting – you just might not be going.

Source: The Star February 02, 2017 23:03 UTC