Limitation on Entry of Iranian Nationals

CONFIDENTIAL OUTGOINI Department of State TELEGRAM PAGE B1 STATE 091696 6204 STATE 091696 ORIGIN vo-cs ATTITUDE TO THE HOLDING OF THE HCSTAGES IN IRAN. IF A INFO OCT-00 ARA-11 NEA-05 ADS-00 CA-81 SSO-00 L-83 NONIMMIGRANT CASE CLEARLY DOES NOT, REFEAT NOT, MEET THE SS-15 SIG-03 MMO-01 AF - 10 EA-10 EUR-12 10-14 FIRST TEST, NO FURTHER PROCESSING is REQUIRED; THE VISA INSE-80 CIAE-80 NSAE-CO FBIE-00 JUSE-00 NSCE-PB SHOULD BE REFUSED UNDER SECTION 215. IF A NONIMMIGRANT INR-18 INRE-00 N-01 PA-01 ICAE-00 SP-82 /105 R CASE MIGHT, OR CLEARLY DOES, FALL WITHIN ONE OF THE CLASSES IN PARA 2, THE CONSULAR FFICER SHALL ADJUDICATE DRAFTED BY CA/VO:COSCULLY/EJHARPER:HNI THE CASE AS SET FORTH IN OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTIONS (REFTELS) APPROVED BY CA - BARBARA M. WATSON AND A DONKEY/ORYX MESSAGE SHALL BE SENT TO ThE DEPARTMENT. S/SO: ALL, REPEAT ALL, IMMIGRANT CASES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO L/CA: REDALTON DONKEY/ORYX PROCEDURES. P:ODNEWSOM S. ALL DONKEY/ORYX MESSAGES RELATING TO NONIMMIGRANT /S:RGHSEITZ CASES MUST CONTAIN A SPECIFIC, DETAILED EXPLANATION UNDER 053608 0723252 /64 "REMARKS" OF THE BASIS ON WHICH THE CONSULAR OFFICER CON- 0 0722362 APR 82 ZFF4 CLUDED THAT THE APPLICANT'S CASE DOES OR MAY FALL WITHIN FM SECSTATE WASHDC ONE OF THE CLASSES SET FORTH IN PARA 2 ABOVE. TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS NIACT IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY KABUL NIACT IMMEDATE 6. A NEGATIVE RESPONSE NOT BASED ON SECTION 212 (A) WILL AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO NIACT IMMEDIATE READ: "NIV, (NAME), IRANIAN. IT IS NOT IN THE NATIONAL AMEMBASSY BOGOTA NIACT IMMEDIATE INTEREST THAT A NONIMMIGRANT VISA BE ISSUED TO THIS ALIEN AT THIS TIME." THE REFUSAL SHOULD SE RECORDED AS HAVING STATE 091696 BEEN MADE UNDER SECTION 215 OF THE INA AS THE PROCEDURE SET FORTH HEREIN HAS BEEN PURSUANT TO THAT SECTION. THE INFORM CONSULS SAME SECTION SHOULD BE CITED TO INQUIRERS ABOUT REFUSALS. E.O. 12065 XDS-3 (CORNEL TUS D. SCULLY - 4/7/00) 7. NO VISA MAY BE ISSUED WITHOUT A FAVORABLE RESPONSE TO A DONKEY/ORYX MESSAGE. VANCE TAGS: CVIS, IR SUBJECT: LIMITATION ON ENTRY OF IRANIAN NATIONALS REF: A) 79 STATE 35557; B) 79 STATE 59896; C) 79 STATE 125878; D) 79 STATE 302424; E) 80 STATE 73266 1. THE PRESIDENT HAS DETERMINED THAT LIMITING ACCESS TO THE UNITED STATES BY IRANIANS 1 S AN APPROPRIATE ADJUNCT TO OTHER MEASURES BEING UNDERTAKEN TO BRING HOME TO THE AUTHORITIES OF THAT COUNTRY THE COST OF CONTINUED NOLDING OF THE NOSTAGES. 2. IT IS NOT INTENDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS PROGRAM DISAD- VANTAGE THOSE WHOM IT WOULD BE IN OUR INTEREST TO ADMIT. THESE INCLUDE: (A) CASES INVOLVING COMPELLING HUMANITARIAN CONSIDERATIONS (E.G., ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITY SITUATIONS, US RELATIVES, NEED FOR URGENT MEDICAL TREAT- MENT, ETC.) AND (B) CASES FOUND TO BE IN OUR NATIONAL INTEREST (E.G., PERSONS WITH TIES TO THE USG OF A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER). 3. TO IMPLEMENT THIS POL ICY, THE SECRETARY AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAVE PROMULGATED A NEW REGULATION, 22 CFR 46.8, TO REQUIRE THAT ALL IMMIGRANT AND NON/MMI- GRANT VISAS, OTHER THAN THOSE CLASSIFIED UNDER SECTION 101 (A) (15) (G), ISSUED PRIOR TO APRIL 7 , 1980, BE ENDORSED BY A CONSULAR OFFICER ON OR AFTER THAT DATE IN ORDER TO BE VALID FOR TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES. (CARRIERS ARE BEING APPROPRIATELY INFORMED.) THE REGULATION ALSO PERTAINS TO NEW VISA APPLICATIONS ON OR AFTER APRIL 7 , 1980. DECLASSIFIED Per; Rac Project 4. UPON RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH AN ENDORSEMENT OR FOR AN IMMIGRANT OR NONIMMIGRANT VISA, OTHER THAN ESDN; NLC-133-54-2-4-8 UNDER SECTION 181 (A) (15) (G), THE CONSULAR OFFICER SHALL FIRST DETERMINE WHETHER THE CASE FALLS WITHIN THE BY. AOP NABALDATE 9/18/2015 GUIDEL INES OF PARA 2 ABOVE. IF THE APPLICANT DOES NOT VOLUNTEER INFORMATION NECESSARY TO SUCH A DETERMINATION, THE CONSULAR OFFICER SHOULD MAKE APPROPRIATE INQUIRIES SEEKING IN PARTICULAR TO ASCERTAIN THE APPLICANT'S TRUE CONFIDENTIAL