The most recent travel ban (commonly called Travel Ban 3.0),
which was to go into effect today (October 18, 2017) has been
enjoined by two federal courts, one in Hawaii and one in
Maryland.
The Hawaii court blocked implementation for all countries but
North Korea and Venezuela.
The Maryland court blocked implementation for persons who have a
“credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or
entity in the United States.”
This includes visa applications by persons with immediate family
members, such as parents, children or siblings, grandparents,
grandchildren, brothers- and sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces,
nephews, and cousins in the United States.
It also includes persons with relationships with a U.S. entity
that is “formal, documented, and formed in the ordinary
course,” rather than for the purpose of evading the
ban. This could include an employee, invited speakers for a
conference, member of a membership organization who joined
