Several British nationals who are no longer eligible for the United States Visa Waiver Program (VWP) due to prior travel to North Korea have been rejected visas to go to the United States, NK News has learned.
After again adding North Korea to the state sponsors of terror list in 2017, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security in August 2019 halted visa-free access to most foreigners who had traveled to North Korea after March 1, 2011.
Several British nationals who are no longer eligible for the United States Visa Waiver Program (VWP) due to prior travel to North Korea have been rejected visas to go to the United States, NK News has learned.
After again adding North Korea to the state sponsors of terror list in 2017, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security in August 2019 halted visa-free access to most foreigners who had traveled to North Korea after March 1, 2011.
Chad O’Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group’s CEO, O’Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.
Sophie Lamotte is an NK News contributor based in Montreal, Canada.
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