{"id":28290,"date":"2020-06-23T07:48:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T02:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=28290"},"modified":"2020-06-23T07:48:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T02:18:34","slug":"trump-issues-proclamation-to-suspend-h-1b-other-visas-till-year-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=28290","title":{"rendered":"Trump issues proclamation to suspend H-1B, other visas till year end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

The new rule would apply only to those who are outside the U.S., do not have a valid non-immigrant visa and an official travel document other than a visa to enter the country<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PTI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation to suspend issuing of H-1B visas, which is popular among Indian IT professionals, along with other foreign work visas for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mr. Trump said the step was essential to help millions of Americans who have lost their jobs due to the current economic crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issuing the proclamation ahead of the November presidential elections, Mr. Trump has ignored the mounting opposition to the order by various business organisations, lawmakers and human rights bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The proclamation that comes into effect on June 24, is expected to impact a large number of Indian IT professionals and several American and Indian companies who were issued H-1B visas by the U.S. government for the fiscal year 2021 beginning October 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They would now have to wait at least till the end of the current year before approaching the U.S. diplomatic missions to get stamping. It would also impact a large number of Indian IT professionals who are seeking renewal of their H-1B visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In his proclamation, Mr. Trump said that the overall unemployment rate in the United States nearly quadrupled between February and May of 2020 — producing some of the most extreme unemployment rates ever recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the May rate of 13.3% reflects a marked decline from April, millions of Americans remain out of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The entry of additional workers through the H-1B, H-2B, J, and L non-immigrant visa programmes, therefore, presents a significant threat to employment opportunities for Americans affected by the extraordinary economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, Mr. Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new rule would apply only to those who are outside the U.S., do not have a valid non-immigrant visa and an official travel document other than a visa to enter the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

According to the proclamation, it does not have an impact on lawful permanent residents of the United States and foreign nationals who are spouses or child of an American citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign nationals seeking to enter the U.S .to provide temporary labour or services essential to the food supply chain are also exempted from the latest proclamation.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new rule would apply only to those who are outside the U.S., do not have a valid non-immigrant visa and an official travel document other than a visa to enter the country PTI U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation to suspend issuing of H-1B visas, which is popular among Indian IT professionals, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}