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- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- INA §§ 212(f), 215(a); 3 U.S.C. § 301
- Issued
- 2020-06-22 June 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-24 12:01 a.m. EDT (sec. 7); sec. 1 extends Proclamation 10014 through Dec. 31, 2020 (read as 2020-06-24)
- End
- 2021-03-31 (expired under sec. 6 as amended by Proclamation 10131) (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- June 24, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineOther
- Addressees
- aliens seeking entry on H-1B, H-2B, J (intern, trainee, teacher, camp counselor, au pair, summer work travel) and L visas, and their dependents, who were outside the United States without a valid visa on June 24, 2020
- Functions reached
- HR H-1B, L and J hiring and transfers (technology, engineering, health care, education, hospitality)
- WF seasonal H-2B labor (landscaping, hospitality, seafood, amusement)
- SC intra-company transferees for foreign-owned plants
- Collection
- Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B
Operative words
Sec. 2. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States of any alien seeking entry pursuant to any of the following nonimmigrant visas is hereby suspended and limited, subject to section 3 of this proclamation: (a) an H-1B or H-2B visa, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien; (b) a J visa, to the extent the alien is participating in an intern, trainee, teacher, camp counselor, au pair, or summer work travel program, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien; and (c) an L visa, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien.... Sec. 6. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on December 31, 2020, and may be continued as necessary.
Enforcement
Sec. 4 implementation by State, Labor and DHS; consular officers determine coverage
Notes
Together with the consular suspension (Ex. FED-327) and Proclamation 10014, it closed the temporary-worker and intracompany-transfer channels from June 24, 2020 through Mar. 31, 2021.
Retrieval noteOperative words of sec. 2 taken from the GPO text; the (a)-(c) enumeration is quoted in substance where the column layout broke lines.