"Good news for those of you who live with HIV and need to travel through the U.S. in order to participate in the International AIDS Conference. Read below.
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI PRIORITY 1445
BT
UNCLAS STATE 069642
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CVIS, CMGT
SUBJECT: BLANKET WAIVER FOR THE XVII INTERNATIONAL AIDS
CONFERENCE
1. The XVII International AIDS Conferences will occur
from August 3-8, 2008, in Mexico City (DF), Mexico. To
facilitate travel and pre-conference events, participants
may be traveling to the conference site for the period of
July 20 through August 10, 2008.
2. The Department of Homeland Security has exercised
discretionary authority under section 212(d)(3) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to grant a blanket
waiver for HIV-infected visa applicants seeking to transit
the United States to attend this event. Under the blanket
waiver policy, consular officers are authorized to grant
waivers of inadmissibility under section 212(d)(3)(A)(i)
of the INA to aliens seeking temporary admission to allow
direct and continuous travel through the United States to
attend the Mexico City conference, but who are
inadmissible under section 212(a)(1)(A)(i) of the INA due
to HIV infection. Consular officers are authorized to
grant section 212(d)(3)(A)(i) waivers without seeking the
concurrence normally required by DHS. In order to qualify
for the waiver, applicants need to demonstrate that they
are transiting through the United States to attend this
event.
3. Applicants are required to answer question 38 of the
DS-15"
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI PRIORITY 1445
BT
UNCLAS STATE 069642
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CVIS, CMGT
SUBJECT: BLANKET WAIVER FOR THE XVII INTERNATIONAL AIDS
CONFERENCE
1. The XVII International AIDS Conferences will occur
from August 3-8, 2008, in Mexico City (DF), Mexico. To
facilitate travel and pre-conference events, participants
may be traveling to the conference site for the period of
July 20 through August 10, 2008.
2. The Department of Homeland Security has exercised
discretionary authority under section 212(d)(3) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to grant a blanket
waiver for HIV-infected visa applicants seeking to transit
the United States to attend this event. Under the blanket
waiver policy, consular officers are authorized to grant
waivers of inadmissibility under section 212(d)(3)(A)(i)
of the INA to aliens seeking temporary admission to allow
direct and continuous travel through the United States to
attend the Mexico City conference, but who are
inadmissible under section 212(a)(1)(A)(i) of the INA due
to HIV infection. Consular officers are authorized to
grant section 212(d)(3)(A)(i) waivers without seeking the
concurrence normally required by DHS. In order to qualify
for the waiver, applicants need to demonstrate that they
are transiting through the United States to attend this
event.
3. Applicants are required to answer question 38 of the
DS-15"
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