PM - No communication with US regarding visa restrictions for St Lucia
Source: Loop News
PM - No communication with US regarding visa restrictions for St Lucia
Loop News March 15, 2025 09:00 PM ET
Prime Minister Philip J Pierre has released a statement reacting to news that Saint Lucia is being considered, along with over 40 other countries, for visa restrictions by the United States.
Pierre posted to Facebook saying, "The Government of Saint Lucia is confirming that it has received no formal communication from the United States of America [USA] on media reports by the New York Times and others alleging that Saint Lucia is included in a draft list of visa restrictions recommendations.
The Government of Saint Lucia and the Saint Lucian Embassy in Washington DC are actively seeking clarification on this matter. Media reports have proposed that Saint Lucia is to be placed in a “yellow” category of countries which would have “60 days to address concerns”.
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Such issues could include failing to share with the United States information about incoming travelers, purportedly inadequate security practices for issuing passports, or the selling of citizenship to people from banned countries, which could serve as a loophole around the restrictions.
That list, the officials said, included Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Vanuatu and Zimbabwe."
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Read more: https://stlucia.loopnews.com/content/pm-no-communication-us-regarding-visa-restrictions-st-lucia
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The U.S. has issued a 60-day ultimatum without saying what it wants to be fixed.