{"id":558,"date":"2021-02-09T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/?p=558"},"modified":"2021-02-09T13:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:30:33","slug":"biden-rescinds-trump-memo-denying-h-1b-visa-to-programmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/biden-rescinds-trump-memo-denying-h-1b-visa-to-programmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden rescinds Trump memo denying H-1B visa to programmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following an adverse court verdict<\/strong>, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS<\/strong>) has rescinded another Trump-era<\/strong> memo that had said computer programmers didn’t qualify as an H-1B visa<\/strong> (specialty occupation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 16th December<\/strong>, the US Court of Appeals overturned the USCIS’ denial of an H-1B visa petition<\/strong>. As discretionary and whimsical in the Innova Solutions Inc. v Baran case. A week ago, the USCIS <\/strong>canceled the memo and said it should not be applied to any new or pending visa requests<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, numerous H-1B visa petitions<\/strong> of Indian residents are filed for computer programmer roles. In FY20,<\/strong> this was among the main 10 occupational roles for which an H-1B\/H-1B1\/E3<\/strong> petition had been filed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innova Solutions had filed an H-1B petition<\/strong> for an Indian resident with a bachelor\u2019s degree as a computer programmer<\/strong>. Also, establishing that a \u201cbaccalaureate or higher degree or its equivalent is normally the minimum requirement for entry into the particular position.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The USCIS <\/strong>rejected the petition because the US Department of Labor\u2019s Occupational Outlook Handbook doesn’t express that at least a bachelor\u2019s degree<\/strong>. Or its equivalent in a specific specialty is normally the minimum required, which the panel said was a misrepresentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H-1B Visa to Computer Programmers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The USCIS also said it would begin registrations for the FY22 H-1B visa lottery <\/strong>on 9th March 2021. And this will stay open till March 25th, 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year, the US issues 85,000<\/strong> new H-1B visas, including 20,000<\/strong> saved for candidates holding a Masters’s degree. A year ago, the agency got 275,000<\/strong> petitions for these 85,000 visas<\/strong>. Indians receive about 70%<\/strong> of the new visas issued. With a large share going to American technology firms like Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook. The share of Indian IT services <\/strong>organizations has been slowly decreasing, and they receive about 6% o<\/strong>f the new visas issued every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Republican Senator opposes Biden admin\u2019s move to revert to a lottery system for issuing H-1B visas<\/span><\/a>]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, US President Joe Biden’s<\/strong> government said it was postponing the implementation of another Trump-era rule.<\/strong> That called for giving H-1B visas based on wage levels. Immigration trackers<\/strong> had said that this would have had a detrimental impact on the visa program<\/strong>. As well as for students and smaller organizations. The rule, which was to be implemented in March, has now been delayed to 31 December<\/strong>. Moreover, it will open for public comments for a 30-day period <\/strong>beginning Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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