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United States of America: State Department pauses issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers

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22 Aug 2025

In August 2025, the US government paused the issuance of all worker visas for foreigners seeking employment as commercial truck drivers.

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1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

22 Aug 2025

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 25 Aug 2025
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On 22 August 2025, the US Department of State reportedly paused the issuance of work visas for foreigners applying to become commercial truck drivers.Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated from his X a...
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