American embassy disputes assertions by British government that Muslim travel ban will not affect Brits with dual citizenship from the listed countries

Contrary to the assertions made by the UK government, which states that British nationals will not be affected by the travel ban signed by President Donald Trump, the US embassy seem to have contradicted such a claim by the UK.

The assertion was made by Boris Johnson on Sunday as he told the public that he got assurances directly from the US which says only UK citizen who have dual nationality and have travelled to the listed countries would however be affected.

On the contrary, the American embassy issued a statement on Monday morning tagged “urgent notice” stated there will be no issuance of visa to dual national of the countries in the terror watch list.

Stating further that the US embassy would not even book any appointment for dual citizens of the nations pencilled down by President Trump for any visa interview.

“Per U.S. Presidential Executive Order signed on January 27, 2017, visa issuance to aliens from the countries of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen has been suspended effective immediately until further notification,” the US embassy’s statement said.

“If you are a national, or dual national, of one of these countries, please do not schedule a visa appointment or pay any visa fees at this time.

“If you already have an appointment scheduled, please DO NOT ATTEND your appointment as we will not be able to proceed with your visa interview.”

Though a representative of the Prime Minister, explained to newsmen on Monday morning that he is yet to see any notice regarding such and was not in any position to make any comment on that, but he was “confident” that’s the Foreign Secretary’s criteria would stand.

Accordingly, the Foreign Office says Mr Johnson's statement was relied upon an explanation he was given by the White House.

But a UK Government spokesman insisted the FCO guidance "was cleared by the top team in the White House and they are in charge".

A Government source said that after seeing the US Embassy guidance, Mr Johnson "sought clarity from the White House and was informed that the FCO statement was correct".