PRESIDENT Barack Obama has asked the US Department of Homeland Security and the State Department to review the K-1 fiance visa program that was used by a couple responsible for a mass shooting in California last week, a White House official said on Sunday (December 6).
In a televised address, Obama said he had ordered a review of the 'visa waiver program' used by Tashfeen Malik to enter the United States. But a White House official confirmed Obama misspoke, meaning to say 'visa program.'
The US government separately is making a series of changes to its visa waiver program to screen travelers more closely from 38 countries who can enter the United States without visas.
The K-1 visa program permits foreign citizens to travel to the United States to marry American citizens.
