Even as US Travel Bans Expand, Turkmenistan Gets Good News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Amid an expanding travel ban, the Trump administration has a tiny speck of good news for seekers of nonimmigrant visas to the United States from Turkmenistan.
54% : " When Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov was in Washington in November to mark the 10th anniversary of the C5+1 format alongside his fellow Central Asia presidents with a summit at the White House, nothing was said in the official statements regarding the travel ban.
47% : Unique among those countries subject to travel bans by the U.S. earlier this year, restrictions on the issuance of nonimmigrant visas to Turkmen citizens have been lifted.
46% : " The original proclamation introducing the travel ban was light on details, justifying Turkmenistan's inclusion on the basis of relatively high visa overstay rates.
45% : Building on the travel ban unveiled in a June, the administration continued full restrictions on the issuance of visas to citizens of 12 countries it deems "high-risk," and expanded that roster to include Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, Syria, and holders of Palestinian-Authority-issued travel documents.
41% : " Both the Turkmen and U.S. administrations have said very little about the travel ban since its introduction in June, aside from a Turkmen Foreign Ministry statement calling it a "hasty step.

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