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        Original Date AnnouncedJuly 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 DateAugust 6, 2018Current StatusFully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy StatusStatus: 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
 
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