Visa Reciprocity Changes for 2017

July 5th, 2017
Posted By
Heather Sivaraman

Below is a list of visa reciprocity changes for the year thus far. This information is according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA Doc. No. 17032030).

List of changes:

  • 3/8/17: DOS updates the visa reciprocity tables with new information from January, February, and March.
  • 3/20/17: Updated information for Algeria (police certificate).
  • 3/22/17: Updated information for Chile (birth, marriage, and divorce certificates), and Slovakia (marriage and divorce certificates).
  • 3/28/17: Updated information for Cameroon (classifications information).
  • 4/3/17: Updated information for Nigeria (post contact information).
  • 4/6/17: Updated information for Algeria (police certificate).
  • 4/7/17: Updated information for Nigeria (post contact information).
  • 4/18/17: Updated information for Lebanon (birth certificate), and Bolivia (general document, divorce certificate, other record information).
  • 4/20/17: Updated information for Saudi Arabia (police certificate).
  • 5/5/17: Updated information for Israel (police certificate).
  • 5/16/17: Updated information for Bulgaria (police certificate, court records, marriage certificate).
  • 5/17/17: Updated information for Burma (national ID card information).
  • 6/9/17: Updated information for Bahrain (police certificate).
  • 6/16/17: Updated information for Paraguay (marriage, divorce, police certificates, court/prison records).
  • 6/27/17: Updated information for Nigeria (divorce certificate and Decree Absolute) and Cabo Verde (birth, death, marriage, divorce certificates, adoption, national ID cards, police records, military records, post contact information).
  • 7/3/17: Updated information for Colombia (birth, death, burial, marriage, and police certificates) and Venezuela (birth, death, marriage, divorce certificates, national ID cards, police and court records, prison records, other travel and visa services).
  • 7/17/17: Updated information for Colombia (marriage certificate).

Additionally, follow this link to find information about reciprocity and civil documents by country.

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