Adjustment of Status Through Work Visas for DACA Recipients: …
Dec 12, 2023 · DACA recipients who obtain an H-1B visa could eventually adjust to lawful permanent resident (LPR or green card) status. The H-1B visa is a dual intent visa, allowing immigrants to be eligible for lawful permanent resident status after they reach their maximum six-year period of stay under the visa. While on a valid H-1B visa, the employer may ...
Explainer: The Trump Administration's New Rules Restricting H-1B ...
Dec 1, 2020 · The Trump administration has issued a number of rules designed to restrict the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program for high-skilled “specialty occupations.” On October 6, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced two interim final rules which would, among other restrictions, significantly raise minimum wage …
Explainer: Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Work Visas
Apr 5, 2024 · Numerical limit: Congress set the H-1B visa cap at 65,000 per year in 1990, plus an additional 20,000 visas for people with an advanced degree exemption (approved by Congress in 2004 and thus making the 85,000 the effective annual cap). However, H-1B workers petitioned by higher education institutions, nonprofit research organizations, or ...
Legislative Bulletin — Friday, December 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2024 · On December 17, the Biden administration announced two final rules on the H-1B and H-2 visa programs. On the one hand, the H-1B visa allows U.S. employers to hire noncitizen workers for specialty occupations requiring a bachelor’s degree in various fields. The most relevant change of the H-1B rule is that it narrowed the definition of ...
Bill Analysis: Immigration Visa Efficiency and Security Act of 2023
May 31, 2024 · The Immigration Visa Efficiency and Security Act of 2023 (H.R.6542) is a bill that aims to facilitate and expand access to family- and employment-based visas in the United States. The bill was introduced by Representative Richard McCormick (R-Georgia) on December 1, 2023. At the time of this article’s publication, it had been co-sponsored by 32 … Continued
Immigrants as Economic Contributors: Immigrants Fill the …
Feb 21, 2018 · A business will typically spend thousands of dollars in legal costs and government fees to bring in a temporary worker on an H-1B visa. Immigrants with H-1B visas are employed in health care, business, finance, and other industries. However, the bulk of H-1B temporary workers are employed in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
Explainer: Amendments to the Fairness for High-Skilled …
Apr 2, 2020 · Add additional employer restrictions to the H-1B visa program. These include restricting employers from hiring H-1B employees without first advertising openings to workers already in the U.S., providing additional authority for the Department of Labor to review and investigate H-1B wage malpractice, and new fees for Labor Condition Applications ...
Friday, December 15, 2023 - National Immigration Forum
Dec 15, 2023 · USCIS Hits H-1B Visa Cap for FY 2024. On December 13, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) revealed that employers had filed enough petitions to reach the agency’s H-1B visa cap, including a ceiling of 65,000 regular visas and an additional 20,000 visas for people who meet an advanced degree exemption.
Fact Sheet: H-2B Visas - National Immigration Forum
Jul 25, 2018 · The visa is not transferable from one employer to another. If H-2B visa holder wants to work for new employer in similar position, the H-2B visa holder would need a new H-2B visa. The new employer must submit ETA Form 750 and begin a new H-2B visa process. Must receive guaranteed job offer by employer for temporary work prior to U.S. arrival.
Friday, July 22, 2022 - National Immigration Forum
Jul 22, 2022 · The bill would phase out the 7% per-country limit on employment-based immigrant visas and raise the 7% per-country limit on family-sponsored visas to 15%. The bill also includes provisions to reform and modernize the H-1B visa program and provides flexibility for those already in the U.S. but stuck in the green card backlog.