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Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als are ex­empt from the list of 75 coun­tries af­fect­ed by a Unit­ed States de­ci­sion to sus­pend the pro­cess­ing of cer­tain visas.

The re­stric­tion ap­plies on­ly to im­mi­grant visas, com­mon­ly re­ferred to as green cards, and does not af­fect tourist, busi­ness, stu­dent or oth­er non-im­mi­grant visa cat­e­gories.

The de­ci­sion was an­nounced by the US De­part­ment of State yes­ter­day and is sched­uled to take ef­fect on Jan­u­ary 21, with no end date an­nounced.