The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- INA secs. 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 (read as 2020-06-24)
- End
- 2020-12-31; continued to 2021-03-31 by Proclamation 10131; expired (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 quarantine
- Addressees
- H-1B, H-2B, J and L visa applicants outside the United States
- Functions reached
- LB H-2B seafood and food-processing labor (exception required case-by-case consular determination)
- PK
- IN (H-1B engineers for equipment suppliers)
- Collection
- Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20
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... Sec. 3... (b)... (iii) any alien seeking to enter the United States to provide temporary labor or services essential to the United States food supply chain
Enforcement
Consular officers (sec. 4); CBP
Notes
Amended by Proclamation 10054 (June 29, 2020, 85 Fed. Reg. 40085).