Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program, Implementation of Vacatur

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: 2021-10489
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: May 19, 2021
• Effective: May 19, 2021
• Agency: Homeland Security Department

Official abstract

This final rule removes from the Code of Federal Regulations an interim final rule (IFR) issued in October 2020, which has since been vacated by a federal district court.

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