Amirshahi said he had been in direct contact with French President Emmanuel Macron about the matter. | Daniel Perron/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

Pouria Amirshahi had described the move as politically motivated.

PARIS — A French lawmaker whose request for a visa had initially been denied has since been authorized to travel to the United States.

Pouria Amirshahi, a member of the Ecologists group in France’s National Assembly, said that he had received the green light from U.S. authorities and would travel on Sunday. The trip is part of “an international initiative to tackle authoritarian nationalism.”

“The visa has been granted,” he said in a statement.