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On June 4, 2025, President Trump signed a travel ban that will completely bar foreign nationals from 12 countries from traveling to the United States and places strict limited-travel restrictions on seven others....more
On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation aimed at enhancing national security by restricting the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States. This action builds on Executive...more
President Trump just signed a new Proclamation that significantly expands travel restrictions on foreign nationals seeking to enter the United States – and might cause you to take steps at your workplace. Framed as a national...more
On June 4, 2025, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation implementing new travel restrictions for nationals of 19 countries. This proclamation comes after an interagency assessment of global visa screening,...more
On June 4, 2025, President Trump announced new travel restrictions for certain nationals of 19 countries as follows: • Full restrictions (all immigrants and nonimmigrants) for nationals of: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad,...more
Travel Advisory - The Trump administration continues to change the immigration landscape. While it has not yet announced travel bans as it did early in President Trump’s first term, the U.S. Customs & Border Patrol (CBP)...more
In February 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, former President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation that instituted travel restrictions on foreign nationals traveling to the U.S. from certain countries,...more
Just how much impact is the global pandemic having on foreign national workers and business immigration? Matt Hoyt addresses this question and gives us a breakdown of which foreign national workers are most at risk and how...more
On June 22, 2020, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump issued an Executive Order suspending the entry of various foreign workers into the U.S. through the end of the year. Specifically, the Executive Order states,...more
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After numerous rumors in the past few days regarding the suspension of immigration to the United States (U.S.), President Trump’s Proclamation was finally published on June 22 (June Visa Processing Proclamation or JVVP) after...more
On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued a "Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Coronavirus Outbreak," effective June 24, 2020 through December 31, 2020. ...more
Presidential Proclamation - On June 22, 2020, the White House announced an extension and expansion of Proclamation 10014, which was originally announced on April 22, 2020 and restricted the issuance of and entry on immigrant...more
On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation that suspends the entry of foreign nationals on certain employment-based nonimmigrant visas into the United States. This Proclamation also extends, effective...more
On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued a Proclamation suspending entry to the U.S. of foreign nationals in certain nonimmigrant (temporary) visa classifications. The entry ban takes effect June 24, 2020 at 12:01 a.m....more
On May 29, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation restricting the entry of certain Chinese national students and researchers into the United States pursuant to F or J visas to study or conduct research in the...more
On May 29, President Trump issued a proclamation, effective on June 1, 2020, to suspend and limit certain nonimmigrant Chinese nationals who seek to enter the United States with an F or J visa. This latest action by the Trump...more
The President has issued a new “Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the People’s Republic of China.” The Proclamation, which took effect on Monday, effectively...more
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President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on May 29, 2020, temporarily suspending entry into the United States of certain Chinese nationals holding F-1 or J-1 status....more
To support the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 reopening policies, Chad F. Wolf, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, signed an order exempting some foreign professional athletes (and their staff and dependents) who...more
On Sunday May 24, 2020, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation (Proclamation) suspending the entry of travelers who have recently been to Brazil. This will become effective on May 26, 2020 at midnight. This travel...more
This updates our Legal Alert of April 22, 2020, discussing President Trump’s tweet that he will “… temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!”...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The President’s Proclamation will pause the issuance of immigrant visas for those seeking lawful permanent residence (Green Card) status through consular processing at posts outside of the U.S. for the...more
Following a surprise announcement on Twitter, President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Wednesday, April 22, 2020, temporarily suspending the issuance of new green cards (immigrant visas) filed from abroad through...more