Tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft had opposed the lawsuit as a large part of their workforce consists of spouses of H-1B workers.
The federal agency said that when nonimmigrant workers are laid off, they may not be aware of their options and may, in some instances, wrongly assume that they have no option but to leave the country within 60 days.
Foreign visitors will need to go through antigen tests after their arrival, and put in isolation if they test positive.
In India, for instance in Delhi, only emergency visas are currently being issued by the US Embassy, as a result of which a large number of Indian students are uncertain about their academic future for the next session beginning this Fall.
A US group on Thursday opposed the move of the Biden administration to reverse some decisions of the previous Trump administration with regard to H-1B visas, in particular going back to the lottery system for allocation of this most sought-after work visa for foreign technology professionals.
Visas of more than 1,000 Chinese nationals were revoked by the United States, a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The development comes following a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China.
All visas for foreign nationals and the OCI card visa-free travel for Indian-origin people, who are not in the country, remain suspended till the restrictions on international travel to and from India remain in place, the Indian embassy here said on Wednesday.
While the Trump administration, on one hand, continues with its hard-nosed approach against H-1B visa programme, Asian country Singapore seems to be walking on the footprints of the United States.
Visa holders from seven majority- Muslim countries who were turned away from the US due to President Donald Trump's travel ban are rushing to try again, hoping to make it through a narrow window opened
The US has revoked more than 100,000 visas after President Donald Trump signed executive orders on immigration that banned people from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the country.
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