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Guidance on Travel of U.S. Citizens with Expired Passports
Starting May 21, 2021, eligible U.S. citizens abroad may return to the United States on an expired passport through December 31, 2021, provided they meet specific requirements including passport validity conditions.
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Summary of Key Provisions in the New Travel Ban issued on June 4, 2025, Affecting Nationals of Iran and Afghanistan
Pars Equality Center Supports SFRC Chairman Menendez Calls for Creation of Humanitarian Parole Program for Iranian Dissidents Fleeing Regime Violence
Joint Letter: 31 Refugee and Immigrant led Organizations Call To Oust Iran From UN Women's Commission
PAAIA, PARS Equality Center & Coalition of Iranian American Organizations Sign Letter Urging UN to Remove Iran from Commission on the Status of Women
Pars Equality Center is honored to work with Representative Katie Porter in a bipartisan push to call on Meta—the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—to protect the free speech of Iranian protestors.
PAAIA and PARS urge the United Nations Human Rights Council to take action and stand with the people of Iran.
Families, Civil Rights Organizations Celebrate Court Decision that U.S. Government Must Redress Travel Ban Harms
Pars Equality Center and Bolour / Carl Immigration Group believe the recent TRIG exemptions fall short from revoking the IRGC TRIG ban
Pars Equality Center’s Legal Director, Paris Etemadi Scott, quoted in IDEASPACE article on an immigration bill that would allow foreign nationals to visit family in the United States:
In May 2022, the ACLU of Massachusetts, together with law firm Mintz, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Afghans who had filed humanitarian parole applications that were either denied or remain outstanding
The Mayor of the City of San José, Sam Liccardo, recognizes Pars Equality Center's Legal Director, Paris E. Scott, as part of the City's Equity Task Force, helping center racial equity in a city planning process.
Three Iranian American organizations: Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), Pars Equality Center, and Iranian American Bar Association (IABA), have sent a letter to President Biden asking him to recognize Nowruz with a video greeting.
Pars Equality Center’s Legal Director quoted in KQED article on challenges facing the Afghan Community
U.S. TO REOPEN REFUGEE APPLICATIONS OF IRANIAN RELIGIOUS MINORITIES MASS DENIED UNDER UNFAIR “EXTREME VETTING”
Biden Administration Plans to Rescind COVID-19 Travel Bans and Instead Required Proof of Vaccination from International Travelers beginning in November
Coalition of Over 100 Muslim and Immigrants’ Rights Groups Applaud the House For Passing the Historic NO BAN Act Again