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What is the new h1 B rule?
The regulation raising wages for workers with H-1B visas and employment-based green cards will be delayed until Nov. 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) confirmed. The rule, which was set to take effect in May, will be delayed by 18 months. The delay follows an earlier postponement of the rule from March 15.
Are H-1B visa suspended?
The H-1B visa ban has finally expired, nearly 10 months after the suspension of the US post-study work visa was originally imposed by former President Trump. Although Biden has dithered on reversing Trump’s ban, the executive order imposing the ban expired automatically on March 31, 2021.
Can H-1B visa get green card?
Yes, all H1B visa applicants are eligible to apply for a green card after their H1B expires, because the visa is dual-intent. If a permit is of dual-intent, that means that you have the option to submit paperwork for a green card.
Can I get H-1B visa now?
You can apply for H1B Visa after the petition for the same has been approved by the USCIS. Generally USCIS starts accepting H1B Visa petitions for next year from the 1st of April of the current year. It means that for the year 2017, the USCIS has started accepting H1B Visa applications from April, 2016.
Are H-1B 2021 results out?
On Friday, November 19, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unexpectedly announced the results of a third H-1B cap lottery for the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022) H-1B cap. USCIS previously announced that 308,613 registrations were submitted by applicants in the initial March registration period.
Will work visa suspensions put the thumb on the thumb?
Combined with recent measures, “the work visa suspensions will put the thumb on the labor market scale in favor of U.S. workers,” said Jessica Vaughan, the policy director at the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates curbing immigration.
Why are business leaders worried about Trump’s immigration changes?
The move is fiercely opposed by business leaders, who say it will block their ability to recruit critically needed workers from countries overseas. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has issued a series of policy changes affecting almost every aspect of the immigration system.
Will Trump’s new immigration policy changes affect asylum and green cards?
Amid the pandemic, the Trump administration has seized on the threat to public health as a pretext to issue a series of policy changes affecting almost every aspect of the immigration system, including asylum and green cards. While many changes have been announced as temporary, they could remain in place indefinitely.
Will president Trump’s immigration order affect seasonal farm workers?
Administration officials said the president’s order would not affect people outside the United States who already have valid visas or seasonal farm workers, whose annual numbers have ranged from a low of about 50,000 to a high of about 250,000 in the past 15 years.