So who is actually affected by President Trump's new executive order to suspend immigration
for 60 days? There's so much confusion out there. In this video, we’ll let you know
exactly who is affected and who is not. Hello, everybody. In this video, we'll talk about,
specifically, who is impacted by Trump's executive order to suspend immigration for 60 days?
I've done a previous live video yesterday that talks about who is actually impacted
and also we talked about the people that are exempt. We also talked about the dates when
this is going to start. In this particular video, I just wanted to mention the kind of
people that are actually impacted by this because it wasn't really clear from the order.
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in these crazy times, we want to give you updates. So, let's dive right in. So, Executive
Order was signed on April 22nd to suspend a set or class to people from immigrating
to the United States, mostly green cards. Specifically, it's only green cards for a
period of 60 days. And the order wasn't, I mean, the order was specific as to who is
exempt from this order. But in this video, I wanted to specifically mention who is impacted.
So, the order specifically says that spouses of US citizens are exempt from this order.
The order specifically said that people that are immigrating under the National Interest
Waiver category EB2 are exempt from this order. The other order also said that people that
are coming to immigrate under the EB5 category green cards, $900,000, and more are also exempt.
Also specifically mentioned that people that are coming to immigrate in medical professions,
spouses of military personnel, and children under 21 of military personnel are also exempt.
However, who is actually impacted? Number one, spouses, and kids of green card holders
are impacted. So, if those are trying to immigrate from overseas, they're not going to be able
to do it for that period of time. Parents of US citizens are also being affected. They're
not going to be able to immigrate from overseas through the embassy during this period of
time. Brothers and sisters of US citizens who are trying to immigrate from the US embassies.
Visa, now as a parent, are never going to be able to immigrate during this ban. Sons
and daughters of US citizens over the age of 21 are not going to be able to immigrate
as well under this order. EB1 category for green cards so, people that are applying for
EB1, Exceptional Ability and they’re green card, are currently now they're coming to
the United States to get their visa interviews to get their appointment over there, they're
not going to be able to do it. They're impacted. People that are immigrating based on EB2 employer-sponsored.
So, your employer sponsored you, I-140 has been approved, your immigrant visa is about
to get ready and you're supposed to have an interview at the embassy, you're not going
to be able to do it now. You are barred for 2 months. EB4, people that are applying under
their green cards of religious categories are not able to do it right now. They are
barred for 2 months, they have to wait. Also, a lot of questions, DV lottery, people that
are about to immigrate through the lottery, getting their appointments at the US embassy
to get their applications done, are now going to be able to do it because they are barred
for a few months. So, those are the main classes of applicants that are not going to be able
to do it. And it's pretty significant. And of course, it's going to result in loss [inaudible].
Now, what we know is that people that are currently inside the US, they are still eligible
to do Adjustment of Status, they're still eligible to continue their cases. And the
same for classes of immigrants in that. Another class that is impacted from overseas are fiancé
visas. K1 fiancé visas are also barred from coming in. They're not going to be able to
come because they're not yet American citizens. So, fiancé visas, for the next few months
are completely stopped from overseas. Again, if you're in the United States and you want
to do your adjustment, if you change into work visas, student visas, those are not impacted.
Those are specifically for green cards based on the categories that I just mentioned. And,
you know, people that are saying, what is the way forward, what is going to happen?
So what's going to happen is that this is going to be challenged. There’s probably
going to be a lawsuit filed by multiple states to file an injunction. And hopefully, once
that happens, the order will be put on hold and people will be able to continue to immigrate
their parents, their siblings, and their fiancé’s until the order is filed, until the lawsuit
is filed. This is going to be effective on April 23rd. And again, what they said is that
30 days into the order, they may revisit and also imply more restrictions on non-immigrant
visas. But for this particular first version of this order, we are looking at immigrant
visas, specifically for the categories that I mentioned. So, spouses of green card holders,
parents of US citizens, children of US citizens over 21, EB1s, EB2 green cards, term labor
certifications, terms that resulted in I-140 approved, and there was waiting for visa interviews
are going to be impacted, and of course, the DV lottery. So, once we have more information
about what will be the future of this, and if there's going to be any other restrictions,
we will, of course, do more videos. But this is something that I wanted to do because people
asked me a lot of questions. So once again, if you here for the first time, subscribe
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