Following the Trump administration’s clampdown on Afghan immigrant visa processing, new developments may have left U.S. allies with no further hope of accessing the Special Immigrant Visa program.

Shawn VanDiver, president of #AfghanEvac, told me that as of the start of the year, he is aware of more than a dozen visa applicants who were denied from their programs following interviews. Applicants’ denials explain that based on “Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation ‘Restricting the Entry of foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.”

Unlike prior SIV denials, applicants’ letters now state that “today’s decision cannot be appealed.” VanDiver noted that it remains unclear whether the appeal refers to the Afghan’s visa application, or their entire SIV.

But if the latter is true, the situation is particularly concerning as the 

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