Trump’s travel ban to take partial effect, administration defines 'bona fide relationship'

President Donald Trump's administration has determined which kind of family members can claim a "bona fide relationship" with individuals in the United States and seek entry into the country.

The determination comes after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to allow the president to implement his travel ban, but to exclude from it "foreign nationals who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States."

The partial ban is expected to go into effect June 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

William Cocks, a spokesperson for the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs, told PolitiFact that to qualify as a bona fide relationship, that connection "must be a close familial relationship."

Below is who is covered by that "close familial relationship," per State Department:

• a parent (including parent-in-law);

• spouse;

• child;

• adult son or daughter;

• son- and daughter-in-law;

• sibling, "whether whole or half," including step relationships; and,

• fiancé(e).

Grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins do not qualify.

Regarding claims of a bona fide relationship with a U.S. entity, such relationships "must be formal, documented, and formed in the ordinary course rather than for the purpose of evading the executive order," Cocks said.

Given the Trump administration's ability to partially implement the ban, we continue to rate this promise In the Works.

This post has been updated to reflect that the Trump administration has added fiancé(e) to the categories of individuals excluded from the ban.