H1B Visa Rules likely to be relaxed
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H1B visa rules that were tightened by the US government under the Donald Trump administration are probably going to be relaxed soon by Joe Biden’s government.
According to the specialists, the administration under Joe Biden will ease the rules. Relating to the visa as he is supportive of allowing skilled workers to work in the US.
H1B Visa Rules: Hurdles likely to be removed
Pareekh Jain, an IT outsourcing counselor and author of Pareekh Consulting. Also accepts that numerous hurdles identified with H1B visas are probably going to be removed.
A policy document of the Biden campaign also indicates that he is going to relax the rules and regulations of the visa process.
During the previous two years, the Trump government has put great hurdles for H1B visa seekers.
On 22nd June this year, he had signed a declaration freezing the H-1B visas till the end of the year.
Because of the freezing of the visa, numerous mid-level IT firms are facing problems. Most problems in finishing the projects as they are unable to find an adequate number of high-skilled employees.
COVID-19 pandemic as the justification
Trump utilized the COVID-19 pandemic as the justification for imposing restrictions on immigration.
The economic disturbance brought about by the pandemic has led to a groundswell of opposition. Among Americans to immigration and foreign workers with different surveys indicating more than two-thirds supporting restrictions.
However, US organizations are not in favor of limitations on visas. And declared that they would, indeed, affect the country’s economy.
Proposal to scrap a lottery-based system for H1B visa
Also, there was a proposal to scrap the electronic lottery-based system to grant the visa and move to a pay level-based selection process.
[86,000 Indian children will age out owing to the green card backlog, with a risk of family separation]
Those offered the most wages will get priority rather than those hitting “a lucky number” in the lottery, an authority had said.
It may be mentioned that Indians are the single biggest group of H1B visa-holders representing almost 74 percent of the work visas.
