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Original Date Announced
July 6, 2018DHS finalizes a rule, alongside a parallel rule by the State Department, eliminating an exemption from visa requirements for H-2A workers from certain Caribbean countries. The rules finalize a 2016 interim rule that was already in effect. [ID #517]
Federal Register Final Rule: Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as AmendedEffective Date
August 6, 2018Current Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: RuleSubject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedPre Trump-Era Policies
- February 8, 2016 Prior DHS regulation exempted from the visa requirement certain Caribbean residents seeking to come to the U.S. as H-2A agricultural workers and the spouses or children who accompany or follow these workers to the United States. 2016 DHS Regulation