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H-1B Visa Extensions: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS<\/strong>) has taught its officials to defer to past approvals when extending visas, for example, the H-1B work visa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, USCIS is returning to its previous long-standing guidance gave in 2004<\/strong>. The Trump government had revoked this guidance <\/strong>and required that each visa extension be treated as a new application<\/strong>. This had prompted an expansion in requests for extra documentation<\/strong> (known as requests for proof \u2013 RFEs). Which increased administrative costs for sponsoring employers<\/strong> and led to delays. Or in other instances, there was an outright denial of visa extensions<\/strong> on various grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To show: Over the past few years, even, when there was no change<\/strong> in facts. For example, the work profile, the visa extensions sought for H-1B holders<\/strong> were denied on the ground that the job is not a specialty occupation<\/strong>. This stand was taken by USCIS. Even as the original H-1B visa<\/strong> had been issued owing to the job is a specialty occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, USCIS alerts<\/strong> that officers may not defer to an earlier approval. When there are material changes or where new material <\/strong>data is available that undermines eligibility<\/strong>. Which includes publicly available information influencing eligibility for the benefit. Also, the policy will not apply if there was a material error<\/strong> in the prior decision that led to granting of the visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USCIS revokes Trump-era memo for H-1B visa extensions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rajiv S. Khanna, managing lawyer at Immigration.com<\/strong> told, “Business entities make plans based on consistency and predictability. Not having the option to depend on the availability of professional workers <\/strong>was not helpful for business nor to non-citizen<\/strong> workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was in every case very hard to explain to any reasonable individual that an immigration benefits<\/strong> application. That had been approved could be denied later during an extension, even without any changes <\/strong>in the facts. Thus, the rule of law was usurped by unfettered discretion. Further, disputing matters of discretion in courts<\/strong> was a troublesome and time-consuming task,\u201d added Khanna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an annual cap of 85,000<\/strong> new H-1B visa allotments, thus typically visa extensions are substantially more in number. For example, in fiscal 2019, the number of new H-1B visas <\/strong>gave to Indians was 79,423<\/strong> (which may include non-cap visas). Visa extension numbers were much higher at 1.99 lakh.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[The US will continue with its 2020 student immigration policies<\/span><\/a>]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This favorable policy change announcement follows US President Joe Biden’s Executive Order<\/strong> pointed toward restoring faith in the legal immigration system. Mitchell Wexler, partner, Fragomen, a global immigration law firm told TOI, “After the 2017 Trump-era policy memo<\/strong> dispensing with the more permissive deference policy. RFEs increased significantly, even on applications <\/strong>with numerous earlier approvals on the same facts. Returning to the earlier policy should decrease the number of extension RFEs<\/strong> and reduce their processing times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wexler summarizes by saying, “This is a welcome, common-sense change. Everything it does is allow USCIS <\/strong>not to re-adjudicate eligibility requirements <\/strong>that it previously had. Of course, required updating of facts and circumstances is still required which is extremely reasonable.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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