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Original Date Announced
July 14, 2020POTUS issues an executive order 13936 "on Hong Kong Normalization." The executive order impacts immigrant and nonimmigrant visas. Hong Kong-born foreign nationals will now fall into China's green card quota, not the Worldwide quota, subjecting them to greater immigrant visa backlogs. H, L, and O visas now have shorter visa validity periods, and L visas now require a $120 reciprocity fee. [ID #1026]
Executive Order 13936 on Hong Kong NormalizationEffective Date
July 29, 2020Current Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Presidential OrdersSubject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant VisasAgencies Affected: Bureau of Consular Affairs