Mosleh v Pompeo
May 13, 2019OUTCOME: All visa applicant participants were issued visas.
In Mosleh v. Pompeo, 7 Yemeni families challenged the U.S. Government’s unreasonable administrative delays in adjudicating case-by-case waivers of under the travel ban. Challenged policies include the ... U.S. Government’s designating the authority and discretion to approve case-by-case waivers to individual consular officers to consular managers, visa chiefs, consular section chiefs, consular management and Visa Office, which is unlawful under Presidential Proclamation 9645, §3(C) ("PP 9645"). Plaintiffs in this action were U.S. citizens and their Yemeni national relatives who were visa applicants who had been denied timely adjudication of case-by-case PP 9645 waivers. Most waited in excess of 500 days. Plaintiffs voluntary dismissed the case after all beneficiary plaintiffs were issued visas.
