8 hours agoUS to suspend working visas by year's end
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The US will extend visa suspensions to several major employment-based categories by the end of the year -- a move expected to have consequences for more than 500,000 people, a senior administration official announced today. “This measure affects H1B visas, which are for qualified workers in countries [...]
This measure affects H1B visas, which are for qualified workers in countries such as the high-tech sector, L1 visas for foreign leaders, as well as other categories”, the same source said.
The New York Times reports that this order is President Donald Trump's latest move to slow US immigration.
A senior administration official stressed that the order has been established to help the US workforce recover from the pandemic.
