US Homeland Security temporarily suspends new authorizations for certain nationalities under a 2-year stay program due to fraud concerns.
The US Homeland Security Department temporarily suspended new authorizations for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to enter the country under a program allowing them to stay for up to two years, due to concerns about fraud by financial sponsors. The program, which began in 2022 for Venezuelans and 2023 for other countries, allows up to 30,000 people to enter the US each month if they have sponsors and meet specific conditions. The Department of Homeland Security stated it paused the issuance of travel authorizations under the program "out of an abundance of caution" while it reviews sponsor applications. New approvals have been halted since mid-July, but the application portal remains open.
August 02, 2024
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