Submitted on Tuesday 5th January 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 12th January 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Opt-out of H.R.158 Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015 regarding Iran
In December 2015 US Congress passed a measure under the budget bill restricting nationals of 38 countries who have travelled to Iraq, Syria, Iran or Sudan in the past 5 years to visit USA without a visa. This is humiliating for British &/or British Iranians, treating them like second class citizens.
Iran, the greatest enemy of IS within the region, is cooperating with the coalition to destroy the self proclaimed caliphate. Its inclusion in the above list is unnecessary, unjust and undemocratic. Discrimination based on ethnicity is immoral, why should it be permitted as part of this measure? After intense negotiations to lift 37 year-long sanctions, business and tourism with Iran are slowly being restored. Is this measure not a total contradiction?
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about who can enter the USA are a matter for the Government of the USA, not for the UK Government or Parliament.
If you would like to ask the UK Government to urge the USA to change this law, you could start a petition calling for that.
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