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On an average, a high-skilled worker from India has to wait anywhere from nine to 11 years for his green card. Regarding increased scrutiny of the H-1B visa applications, the report said that between January 1 and August 31, 2017, the immigration agencies issued almost double RFEs.

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.

The bill also wants to remove the current 20,000 visa limit for US master’s degree holders if their employers are willing to sponsor their green cards.

H-1B cap petitions will almost certainly exceed annual caps within the first week of filing: law firm.

“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.

Why the Trump administration is unlikely to act on a proposal to eliminate H-1B extensions.

According to a report, the DHS is considering new regulations that “potentially could stop” H-1B holders from keeping “visas while their green card applications are pending.”

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. 

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.   

DHS is also mulling of making some significant amendments to the H-1B visa program.

H-1B petitions filed by beneficiaries with their birth country as India is more than double than all the rest of the countries in the USCIS-list combined.

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.

A separate visa classification for these dependents, for instance, of H-1B 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.

An Indian worker requests suggestions and help on Facebook to keep herself in the US after losing job offer due to unfavorable H-1B environ.  

The husband and wife duo helped their clients in getting H-1B visas approved.