Partial suspension of US work visas "Problems" More than 300 Japanese companies July 3 10:05
More than 300 Japanese-affiliated companies have said that the expedition of expatriates will be hindered after the U.S. government suspends the issuance of some work visas to expatriates of foreign companies until the end of the year. = I found out by a survey by Japan External Trade Organization.
The Trump administration will work part-time on foreign IT engineers and expatriates of local foreign companies on June 24, as a large number of unemployed people become a problem in the United States due to the spread of the new coronavirus. We have begun measures to suspend visa issuance until the end of the year.
Regarding this effect, JETRO conducted a survey of Japanese companies operating in the United States from June 26 to July 1, and received responses from 961 companies.
As a result, more than 30% of the 308 companies responded that "the assignment of expatriates will be hindered," and the total number was 1406.
Also, regarding the impact on business activities, ▼Companies who replied “There is a serious impact” accounted for 13% of the total, and when combined with those that ▼“A certain impact”, it was over 35%. ..
Specific impacts include: ▼ "The person who is going to be transferred cannot be appointed and there is a shortage of personnel at the local office", ▼ "In addition to actual cases such as the planning of the transfer including the head office in Japan went mad," ▼Some pessimistic opinions about the future of business in the United States, such as “It is necessary to consider reducing the scale of the business eventually,” have revealed the fact that concerns are spreading among Japanese companies.