{"id":2043,"date":"2022-11-08T11:44:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T11:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2022-11-08T11:47:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T11:47:51","slug":"expanding-work-eligibility-for-all-h-1b-spouses-could-benefits-for-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/expanding-work-eligibility-for-all-h-1b-spouses-could-benefits-for-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding work eligibility for all H-1B spouses could reap significant benefits for the US, NFAP study says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new report by National Foundation for American Policy (<strong>NFAP<\/strong>) showed that extending work eligibility criteria. For the<strong> spouses of H-1B visa holders<\/strong> could essentially help the US economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study uncovered that dilating current <strong>work rules <\/strong>could provide the US with <strong>economic advantages<\/strong>, ease labor shortages, and attract more workers to the global competition for talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study, composed by Madeline Zavodny, showed that most<strong> H-1B visa holders <\/strong>are married to skilled professionals. However, merely a fraction of their spouses has work eligibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, only the spouses of H-1B visa holders who are in the line for a <strong>permanent visa<\/strong> can apply to work. As per the Department of Homeland Security<strong> (DHS) regulation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Spouses who hold an <strong>H-4 (dependent) visa <\/strong>can apply for an <strong>employment authorization document (EAD).<\/strong> If their H-1B spouse has gotten an approved immigrant petition (I-140). Or if their <strong>H-1B spouse<\/strong> is expanding their status beyond the 6-year limit on an <strong>H-1B visa.<\/strong> And their employer has filed an <strong>I-140 petition<\/strong> or permanent labor certification and a year has passed since the filing occurred,&#8221; stated a TOI report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Expanding work eligibility for all H-1B spouses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on an analysis of information from the 2017 and 2019 National Survey of College Graduates, the <strong>NFAP study<\/strong> highlights the following facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Just 27% of married foreign-born adults who have essentially a bachelor&#8217;s degree and hold a <strong>temporary dependent visa<\/strong> are employed. However, of the people who are employed, very nearly <strong>40% work <\/strong>in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field.<\/li><li>Those temporary dependent visa holders, large numbers of whom hold an<strong> H-4 visa<\/strong>. Are overwhelmingly female<strong> (90 percent) <\/strong>and predominately from India and China (67 percent and 6 percent, respectively). The larger part has their highest degree in a <strong>STEM field (54%).<\/strong><\/li><li>The desire for H-1B spouses to work is obvious in the information that shows various foreign-born spouses of H-1B visa holders secure their visas separate from an <strong>H-4 EAD<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>NFAP Review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, NFAP&#8217;s study investigated information from the 2017-2019 American Community Survey and found the following facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Very nearly <strong>90% <\/strong>of spouses of likely H-1B visa holders have at least a bachelor\u2019s degree, and over half have a graduate degree.<\/li><li>Almost half of the spouses of likely <strong>H-1B visa holders<\/strong> who have a bachelor\u2019s degree had a STEM-related major.<\/li><li>Among spouses of likely H-1B visa holders who are employed, 42% are working in a <strong>STEM field<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the review, allowing all spouses of H-1B visa holders to work would bring that visa in line. Further, with several other categories of skilled temporary worker visas. Like the <strong>L-1 (or intracompany transferee visa)<\/strong>. Also, long delays in processing <strong>H-4 EADs<\/strong> have plagued USCIS and the spouses who need the approval to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-right\">Also, Check [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/mass-twitter-layoffs-put-h-1b-visa-holders-in-an-immigration-limbo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Mass Twitter layoffs put H-1B visa holders in an immigration limbo<\/span><\/a>]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The spouses of H-1B visa holders who are easily available sources of <strong>skilled foreign workers<\/strong> are being dismissed by the current US immigration policy. Moreover, the spouses of H-1B visa holders tend to be highly educated, many of them in STEM fields. According to the study, allowing such H-1B visa holders to work would help recruit and retain skilled workers. Also, increase the already-considerable economic benefits of the<strong> H-1B visa category.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report by National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) showed that extending work eligibility&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57],"tags":[618,1005,922,42,24,375,2016,174,1797,2010,94,908,2015],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Expanding work eligibility for all H-1B spouses could benefits for the US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A report by NFAP showed that extending work eligibility criteria for the spouses of H-1B visa holders could essentially help the US economy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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