Which of your family members could visit under the travel ban

*Fiances and fiancees were banned in the State Department’s original list. They were exempted on June 29, about two hours after the ban went into effect.

The Supreme Court on July 19 refused to block a lower judge’s ruling that grandparents and other family members of people living in the United States are no longer barred from entering the country. This means the short list of family members outlining who were exempt from the ban just got a lot longer. The list was originally released by the State Department and Department of Homeland Security under a Supreme Court order that allowed President Trump’s travel ban to go into partial effect in early July.

So if you’re a U.S. resident with relatives from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen, family members who were previously on the banned list can now visit.

[Grandparents, other extended relatives exempt from Trump travel ban, federal judge rules]

How your family members could be affected

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If you’re a U.S. resident, any of your family members from one of the six countries may or may not be allowed to visit under the travel ban:

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‘Close’ relatives were allowed, but not a few steps removed

The definition of “close family” was based on the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, which was intended to help reunite immigrant families. Immediate relatives aren’t counted against the national quotas it established. But grandchildren, uncles and cousins were excluded from the policy.

On July 13, a Hawaii judge declared specifically that grandparents are exempt from the ban. That’s important because in many parts of world, grandparents are much less likely to live on their own. In the Middle East and northern Africa, about 80 percent of the elderly live in the same household as non-elderly people, according to the World Bank. In the United States, only about 20 percent of the elderly live in a multigenerational household, according to a 2016 Pew Research Center study.

Step- and half siblings are allowed

“Close family” included stepparents and step-siblings, which fits with how family life has changed for those living in the United States. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center study, 73 percent of U.S. children born in 1960 lived with two parents in their first marriage. Now, there’s no one dominant family type.

It is unclear whether your fiance or fiancee’s family is allowed

The State Department’s original list of who counted as a close family member did not include fiance (man) or fiancee (woman). The State Department added people who are planning to be married to the list, about two hours after the ban went into effect on June 29. The Hawaii judge’s ruling did not address whether a fiance or fiancee’s families are now allowed.