President Trump just released a Proclamation, suspending the admission of foreign national workers on H-1B, H-2B, J and L visas and their accompanying dependents through December 31, 2020, in response to high U.S. unemployment. The Proclamation also extends the suspension of immigrant visas further to his April 22 Proclamation through the end of 2020. This Proclamation will take effect on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
Read MoreThere is growing concern that another Presidential Proclamation temporarily suspending immigration to the US may be released very soon, this time focusing on temporary visa-holders, such as H-1B, L-1, and J-1. These concerns are based on the threats in Trump’s last proclamation dated April 22, 2020, which temporarily suspended immigrant visa processing from abroad. Specifically, he stated that within 60 days he could expand the scope of his proclamation to include nonimmigrant visa processing. Since then, new rumours have been circulating every week about what could be forthcoming.
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