To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: For the last 4 years, U.S. immigration law and policy has been in the spotlight with numerous Presidential Proclamations, Executive Orders, and rapid policy changes as well as regulations, which have resulted in a long-lasting ripple effect on U.S. employers and its foreign workforce. These changes have resulted in numerous challenges in court through litigation. What can employers and foreign workers expect under the new Biden Administration starting in January 2021? One of 2020’s biggest challenges faced by employers sponsoring foreign workers has been the immigrant and nonimmigrant presidential proclamations suspending visa processing at U.S. consular post abroad. Presidential Proclamation 10014 and 10052, “Suspending Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak,” resulted in an H-1B, H-2B, J-1, and L visa ban which remains in effect until December 31, 2020. See our blog post, Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Processing Halted by Presidential Proclamation – Effective June 24 for Certain Nonimmigrants. As December 31 is fast approaching which is the date these proclamations expire, the million-dollar question is whether the Trump Administration will extend these proclamations or simply let them expire. Bets are on, and it could go either way, but if the proclamations are extended by President Trump, then we have to wait for action by President-Elect Biden. If extended, we anticipate that the proclamations will be rescinded after President-Elect Biden takes office in January 2021. The backlogs created by these proclamations will take consular officers many months to address even if rescinded early in the Biden Administration. For the proactive foreign worker, who has booked a visa appointment in early January, they should not expect the ongoing cancellations of appointments by consular posts to end due to staffing and backlog challenges.