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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (federal agency)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 8 U.S.C. 1202(h)
- Issued
- 2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-26
- End
- Extended through 2020 and 2021 interview-waiver expansions (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 26, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineOther
- Addressees
- H-2A and H-2B applicants, principally in Mexico
- agricultural and seasonal employers
- Functions reached
- LB seasonal labor: H-2 processing limited to interview-waiver-eligible returning workers while routine services were suspended
- HR
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION
Enforcement
Consular processing rules
Notes
Existence and gist are evidenced by the DHS H-2A and H-2B temporary final rules (Ex. 003, 004), which recite the State Department's curtailed consular operations in Mexico and 'possible delays of H-2A visa issuance at the U.S. Embassies and Consulates'.