Urgent Help Needed [F4 VISA Category]

[tanvir2220]

Hello! This is my first post here.

The issue is regarding my aunt and her family. They have valid immigrant VISA (F4 category), issued on 10th March, to enter the USA. [Attached] Due to pandemic they could not travel the USA so far. They bought the tickets for a charter flight, which left Dhaka today for New York carrying almost 300 passengers. However, my aunt's family were denied to board on the flight and were taken under immigration custody. They all then signed a form regarding departure seal cancellation where refusal reason is stated as “Denied boarding from Department of Homeland Security”.

My question: after Trump's June 22nd Proclamation, are F4 VISA category holders ineligible to make their first entry to the USA?

Please help. I have already mailed to US Embassy- Dhaka and Department of Homeland Security.

[LeonSuraj]

Was it a repatriation flight?

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Was a reason provided for the denied boarding?

[newacct]

Proclamation 10014 from April (which was extended to the end of the year by Proclamation 10052 in June) doesn't apply to anyone who already has an immigrant visa valid on April 23, 2020. So your aunt's family shouldn't be affected by that ban.

There are also separate bans for people who have been physically present in Mainland China, Iran, the Schengen Area, the UK, Ireland, or Brazil in the previous 14 days. Has your aunt's family been in any of those countries in the last 14 days, or will transit through one of those countries?

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Is transiting through those areas also forbidden?

[newacct]

Is transiting through those areas also forbidden?

Transiting means you are physically present, which triggers the ban.