New Executive Order on F, H, L and J Nonimmigrant Categories Expected Soon – June 9, 2020

President Trump is very close to finalizing an executive order that would bar the entry of L-1, H-1B, H-2B and J-1 non-immigrants for a period of several months.

We believe the ban will include numerous exemptions, but it is not clear yet which groups will be exempt. We have heard there may be exemptions for health care workers, workers in food-related industries and where an employer has gone through a competitive recruiting process.

We also believe the J-1 provisions will only affect summer workers, camp counselors, trainees and interns and not physicians. The order will likely be issued in the next few days to few weeks.

This order would not immediately affect people in the US, except that the State Department could revoke visas already stamped in individual passports, which would make it impossible to reenter the US if someone left the country.

We also believe the Administration is considering additional measures that would require regulatory changes and which would affect people in the US.

These include ending the STEM OPT program which allows F-1 students who have degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields to work an additional two years beyond the standard one-year OPT work period. There could also be a rule to tighten H-1B requirements (such as further restricting the definition of “specialty occupation” and requiring higher wages) and a potentially exorbitant fee of $20,000.

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source: https://www.am22tech.com/trump-executive-order-coronavirus/

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