Bad News For Disney's International College Program, Cultural Program, Interns Etc

[BadPinkTink]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/us/politics/trump-h1b-work-visas.htmlA new Executive Order from the USA Government will come into effect on June 24 which suspends new work visas for thousands of international workers across all sectors.

The Visas which have been suspended include

• The H1B visa for workers in IT, Tech and Accounting
• H-4 visa for spouses
• L-1 visas for intracompany transfers
• H-2Bs for hospitality, food and beverage
• J-1 visas for exchange students

This means that Disney can not restart any of their international programs for the parks such as bring back all the CM's in Epcot's World Showcase, or even bring corporate managers from Disney Europe to Orlando or even recruit new IT and tech specialists to work in Burbank.

 

[rteetz]

I leave this up but going to lock as this conversation could get very political very fast.