Via Duck Duck Go,
<URL:https://duckduckgo.com/?q=H-1B&t=h_&iar=news&ia=news>
see Reuters' Paul Grant and Humeyra Pamuk on whether Donald Trump
regrets taking Jared Kushner's advice to downplay the National
Question on the campaign trail against Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: <URL:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-allow-waiving-in-person-interviews-h-1b-visa-applicants-through-2022-2021-12-23/>
| The United States will allow its consular officers to waive in-
| person interviews for H-1B and other certain non-immigrant visa
| applicants through next year to help reduce visa wait times, the
| State Department said on Thursday.
|
| "The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in profound reductions in the
| department's visa processing capacity," it said in a statement. "As
| global travel rebounds, we are taking these temporary steps to
| further our commitment to safely and efficiently reduce visa wait
| times while maintaining national security as our priority."
|
| The consular officers will now be temporarily authorized to waive
| in-person interviews for nearly a dozen visa categories, including
| Persons in Specialty Occupations (H-1B visas), visas for students,
| temporary agricultural and non-agricultural workers, student
| exchange visitors, as well as athletes, artists and entertainers.

How many scab workers does Marty Walsh believe Tony Blinken and
Alejandro Mayorkas must import into the American labor market to
build a workers paradise?

John
groenveld@acm.org
--
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away from his advisors and speak directly to the base. So at his
next rally make sure you make it very clear to him how you feel
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