ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt  Skerrit on Thursday said he hopes the United States (US) would “at the soonest opportunity” reconsider its visa restriction policy that has affected a number of Dominicans seeking medical treatment and educational opportunities in the North American country.

Skerrit recalled that in February this year, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had indicated that Washington would review by June of this year the visa arrangement.

“It is for them to do that, and it’s not for us to do that. We believe from our standpoint in engaging officers of the US Government that Dominica, and I would also speak on behalf of Antigua and Barbuda, would have taken all of the actions that we believe, though not officially by official note from them, but we believe that would have taken all of the actions that would cause the United States to reconsider its position on the visa restrictions of Dominican citizens and Antiguan and Barbudan citizens,” Skerrit told a news conference.