Was Sali Berisha prevented from entering the US?

You can cross the ocean with a ram. Come on, answer me, you can almost cross Sali's ocean? This rhetorical question by Edi Rames yesterday in the Assembly hinted that former Prime Minister Berisha may have been banned in the United States.

Doubts intensified after Berisha himself did not deny it immediately, but gave an evasive response saying “did not pay official visits since I left office”. In the evening, in a telephone link to Fevziu's “Opinion”, Berisha took a clearer stance.

I have made no request to go anywhere on the globe since I left my duty. I have not been denied a visa“, he said.

Despite Berisha's denial, the mystery remains, since the news was given publicly by someone who does not lack information -- the country's prime minister.

To learn the truth, the Albanian “Gazeta” addressed the US Embassy in Tirana, receiving the standard answer: “we do not discuss specific visa cases”.

After that, “GSH” sent a request for information to the State Department. In response to editor-in-chief Erl Murati, the DAS Public Affairs Office responded:
“Victs of visa rejection related to corruption issues which the State Department has chosen to publish are here: https://w.stat.gov/j/inl/rx/rrrrl/2018/ndex.htm

As you can see, Sali Berisha is not on this list.

Beyond these few publications, (on the list are the Adriatic Lylla, Tom Doshi and related families) in general the United States does not comment on individual visa issues”, in response to Scott Lueders, public affairs specialist at the Bureau of Legal Affairs and Narcotics Trafficking in the UN.