USCIS will not refund the filing fees of employers who indulged in filing multiple or duplicative H-1B petitions.
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According to the analysis, the maximum number of H-1B visas approved from 2010 to 2016 went to employers in the New York City metro area.
Crackdown and increased scrutiny result in fewer cold hiring.
The agency has temporarily suspended the premium processing services to reduce the overall processing time of the H-1B petitions.
H-1B visa applications including words like ‘ASAP,’ ‘subject to approval’ will end up being rejected, says the immigration agency.
Tens of thousands may lose jobs if the White House follows through on threat.
“American workers are increasingly at risk because the United States admits so many foreign workers,” says the Iowa Republican.
The proposal had caused widespread panic among H-1B employees from India.
The Chamber said the restrictions on H-1B visa will harm the US economy and business as it prevents merit-based immigration.
In an effort to curb immigration, visa approvals for distant relatives of immigrants dropped by 70 percent in the first nine months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016.Â
The administration is looking at changing the interpretation of the “may grant” clause of the act so as to enable it to stop extending the H-1B visa.
According to the indictment, Kosuri, Jharia, and their co-conspirators have fraudulently applied for more than 800 illegal immigration benefits under the H-1B visa program.Â
The H-2B program allows employers to bring foreign workers for temporary nonagricultural employment. The cap for the program is set at 66,000 for each fiscal year.
The administration’s plans may not be limited to changes in just the H-1b visa. There are proposals to change the practical training programs for foreign students and it may be announced in October 2018.
Increase in scrutiny and visa fees, along with the recently passed HR 170, is detrimental to bigger tech companies from India who file the H-1B applications. Â
Although it is not a new rule, generally, it is assumed by the beneficiaries that they can work for only one employer during their H-1B visa status.
The diversity lottery program was introduced in the House bill in 1990 by Schumer and that helped create the visa program.
A separate visa classification for these dependents, for instance, of H-1BÂ visa holders, will help bring more workers from abroad.
Immigration experts opine that the unfavorable view toward the H-1B visa classification is likely to affect businesses from next year.
Although the administration has not made any changes to the H-1B program so far, it is internally trying to discourage the work-visa through increased scrutiny and delays.
Sunitha Guntipally along with her husband Venkat Guntipally founded DS Soft Tech and Equinett, two employment-staffing companies for technology firms.
Entrepreneurs argued that DHS did not seek an advance comment from the public before announcing the delay. United States District…
Experts advise that H-1B and L-1 employers, as well as workers, should be prepared to share their visa-related information and documents during such visit.
The H-1B visa classification has been a bone of contention lately. However, there are some other work-visa options too that are available for nonimmigrant foreign workers
The bill approved by voice vote on Wednesday also prohibits H-1B dependent employers from replacing American workers with H-1B employees.