After having suspended visa processing at embassies March 20, the State Department announced it is still continuing to process returning H-2 visas and will now allow consulates to waive in-person H-2 interviews on first-time and returning H-2 applicants “that have not apparent ineligibility or potential eligibility.”
The interview waiver can also apply to those whose previous visas expired within the last 48 hours and did not require a waiver of ineligibility to the last time they applied if they are applying for the same classification as their prior visa.
“We anticipate the vast majority of otherwise-qualified H-2 applicants will now be adjudicated without an interview,” the State Department said.
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue welcomed the move relative to H-2A visa applicants that work in throughout the ag sector.
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