China News Service, June 24, according to the US "World Daily" report, a week after the wind was released, US President Trump officially signed an executive order on June 22, starting from the 24th, prohibiting certain work visas, including H-1B , H-2B, L, J and other visas are temporarily suspended. Applicants are not allowed to enter the United States and are valid until the end of 2020. Immigration lawyers said the executive order had the greatest impact on a large number of H-1B visa holders who are currently overseas and their spouses. It is recommended that holders of current ban visas outside the United States who enter the country before the 24th can avoid the embarrassment of being rejected; any visa holders currently in the United States should not leave the country; any kind If your visa is due to expire, apply for an extension as soon as possible so that you can legally stay in the United States and wait for the next adjustment.
The executive order issued by President Trump on the 24th will take effect in the early hours of June 24, and will continue until December 31, 2020, after which he may choose to extend it as appropriate.
Xu Junliang, a senior immigration lawyer in Los Angeles, said the presidential executive order on the 24th had the greatest impact on H-1B holders, their spouses, and families. H-1B has 65,000 new places each year, plus 20,000 graduate H-1B and 30,000 non-profit H-1B, there are about 120,000 new H-1B places every year, each H-1B is extended continuously Up to six years, in other words, the current H-1B holders can be up to 720,000, and their spouse doubles the number.
He said that H-1B is generally signed for three years, but if you can’t work for half a year, many companies may interrupt these job opportunities and find another way, so the current H-1B holders who are overseas are not allowed to enter before 24th. For the United States, the outlook is bleak.
However, some Chinese lawyers believe that among the H-1B holders in recent years, Indians are the most, and American companies have the most job opportunities in India or related areas. Therefore, among the affected H-1Bs, Indians will The majority, followed by Chinese.
The H-2B visa also included in the ban this time, Xu Junliang explained that H-2 is a short-term work visa, divided into H-2A and H-2B visas, of which H-2A is a short-term agricultural worker, H-2B For short-term food-related service work, including catering, resorts, etc.
According to the presidential executive order on the 24th, visas that are helpful to US national interests, such as doctors and nurses, are not prohibited.
However, J visas for visits, studies, and training related to job opportunities are all prohibited by this administrative order. For example, visiting scholars and trainees going to the United States will be refused entry in the next six months, but exchange students (not involving job opportunities) are not restricted.
The multinational company manager L visa, which is also included in the prohibition scope of this order, has 10,000 places per year, which is basically unavailable and is also within the administrative ban. Immigration lawyers said that the United States has been emphasizing the welcome of investment to create jobs for the United States in recent years, but this time it is puzzling to list the L visa as a ban.
In view of the current situation, immigration lawyers suggest that the current situation is changing, and President Trump may have special immigration measures. It is recommended that it should be unchanged and should not change until the end of this year. In order to avoid the situation mutation, I will fall into the passive; at the same time, because the processing of the extension application of the USCIS has not stopped, so the current visa holders in the United States, if faced with the expiration of the status, hurry to apply for an extension application to maintain a legal stay in the United States Identity.