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Trump admin to extend and expand immigration restrictions

by aditya on 6/22/20, 7:54 PM with 5 comments

• by runeb on 6/22/20, 8:34 PM

  The pandemic is also used as a reason to stop consular services around the world, in effect stopping any new visa applications even for non-immigrant visas not mentioned in this article.

• by erikig on 6/22/20, 9:03 PM

  The freeze is pretty wide ranging and will apply to:

  - H1-B - Specialty occupations

  - H4 - Immediate family members of the H-1B visa holders

  - L - Intracompany transferees from oversees

  - J - Work-and study-based exchange

  - H2-B - Temporary non-agricultural workers

• by Archit3ch on 6/22/20, 8:01 PM

  How likely is this to continue applying beyond the year's end?