{"id":227,"date":"2020-10-14T15:18:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/?p=227"},"modified":"2020-10-14T15:18:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:18:46","slug":"nfap-unemployment-rate-does-not-justify-h-1b-program-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/nfap-unemployment-rate-does-not-justify-h-1b-program-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment rate does not justify H-1B program changes: NFAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unemployment rates for computer occupations in the United States have stayed low through the<strong> Covid-19 pandemic<\/strong>. Causing professionals to question the reason behind changes to the <strong>H-1B program<\/strong> introduced a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unemployment rate for people in computer occupations, which is the thing that over <strong>60% H-1B visas<\/strong> are given for, changed from <strong>3%<\/strong> in January (before the outbreak) to <strong>3.5%<\/strong> in September. As per an analysis of the BLS(Bureau of Labor Statistics&#8217;) Current Population Survey by the National Foundation for American Policy (<strong>NFAP<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unemployment rates<\/strong> were comparative for computer and numerical occupations, essentially lower than the unemployment rate of <strong>7.8%<\/strong> for non-computer occupations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago, US President <strong>Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/strong> government published two new interim final rules (<strong>IFRs<\/strong>). Raising the compensation levels for <strong>H-1B jobs<\/strong> and introducing fresh restrictions on individuals with be posted at third-party areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information show stability in the unemployment rate in <strong>computer occupations<\/strong>. Also, negate Trump&#8217;s government announcements in <strong>proclamations <\/strong>and guidelines. That &#8220;great reason&#8221; exceptions to the rulemaking process and crisis actions are expected to impose new restrictions on <strong>H-1B visas<\/strong> for high-skilled foreign nationals because of high unemployment caused by <strong>Covid-19<\/strong>, said Stuart Anderson, chief director of NFAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Immigration<\/strong> has been a major survey plank for Donald Trump, who is looking for re-election in <strong>November 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">H-1B Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to actualize these changes without opening them up to public comments. Just like the case with the standard rule-making process, has been generally criticized and is being viewed as a <strong>political move<\/strong> ahead of the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Department of Labor<\/strong> referred to the &#8220;great reason&#8221; exception to the Administrative Procedure Act (<strong>APA<\/strong>). As unemployment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the <strong>NFAP <\/strong>found that there were more than<strong> 650,000<\/strong> job openings postings promoted online in <strong>October<\/strong>. For jobs in the most well-known computer occupations that generally require at least a <strong>bachelor\u2019s degree<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">[<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/fy22-diversity-visa-lottery-registration-runs-through-10th-nov-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">FY 2022 Diversity Visa Lottery (DV) Registration Ends On 10th November 2020<\/span><\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>DHS H-1B rule<\/strong> mentioned the unemployment rates in the information area and the professional and business services sector in its guideline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not good to utilize the unemployment rate in the Information sector and the Professional and Business Services sector. To explain the &#8216;great reason&#8217; exemption to the Administrative Procedure Act to confine the <strong>H-1B visas Program.<\/strong> As DHS does in its rule since just around 10% of the jobs (computer occupations with a B.S. or higher) in these sectors are in occupations like experts in the <strong>H-1B category.<\/strong> As indicated by the NFAP report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rule will affect both<strong> Indian IT services firms<\/strong> who regularly place workers at third-party areas. On projects just as American tech firms, by getting more limitations and significantly expanding <strong>wage levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unemployment rates for computer occupations in the United States have stayed low through the Covid-19&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57],"tags":[18,31,17,5,61,6,34,36,62,71,72,46,40,11,73],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFAP: Unemployment rate does not justify H-1B program changes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read more about why unemployment rates for computer occupations in the United States have remained low through the Covid-19 pandemic.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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