New visa criteria for entering the United States from six mainly Muslim nations, have come into force - meaning only those with close family or business ties are exempt from the travel ban.
The move came after the Supreme Court voted to partially restore President Donald Trump's executive order, which was widely criticised as a ban on Muslims.
:: Trump's travel ban for six countries gets partial go-ahead
The 90-day ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, and 120 day ban on refugees, will allow exceptions for people with "close family relationships" in the US, including parents, spouses, children, sons- and daughters-in-law, siblings and step- and half-siblings.
But "close family" does not include grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers-in-laws and sisters-in-law, fiances and any other "extended" family members, State Department guidelines say.
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