Dec 1, 2020 · The Trump administration has issued a number of rules designed to restrict the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program for high-skilled “specialty occupations.” On October 6, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced two interim final rules which would, among other restrictions, significantly raise minimum wage requirements and limit eligibility for

Dec 12, 2023 · DACA recipients who obtain an H-1B visa could eventually adjust to lawful permanent resident (LPR or green card) status. The H-1B visa is a dual intent visa, allowing immigrants to be eligible for lawful permanent resident status after they reach their maximum six-year period of stay under the visa. While on a valid H-1B visa, the employer may ...

Dec 20, 2024 · On December 17, the Biden administration announced two final rules on the H-1B and H-2 visa programs. On the one hand, the H-1B visa allows U.S. employers to hire noncitizen workers for specialty occupations requiring a bachelor’s degree in various fields. The most relevant change of the H-1B rule is that it narrowed the definition of ...

Apr 5, 2024 · Numerical limit: Congress set the H-1B visa cap at 65,000 per year in 1990, plus an additional 20,000 visas for people with an advanced degree exemption (approved by Congress in 2004 and thus making the 85,000 the effective annual cap). However, H-1B workers petitioned by higher education institutions, nonprofit research organizations, or ...

Feb 14, 2025 · H1-B recipients include IT professionals, engineers, professors, doctors, lawyers, architects, and journalists. Congress set the H-1B visa cap at 65,000 per year in 1990, and an additional 20,000 visas for people with an advanced degree exemption was approved by Congress in 2004. Legal

Nov 1, 2020 · Today, most visa categories to the U.S. are capped. For example, there are 65,000 H-1B visas in the “regular cap” available each fiscal year for those who want to temporarily enter the U.S. to work in a specialty occupation. The current U.S immigration system, which emphasizes visas for family and employment categories, is fairly new.

Jul 8, 2021 · The bill also includes several provisions reforming the H-1B specialty occupation visa program and providing additional flexibility for those already in the U.S. but stuck in the green card backlog. Representative John Curtis (R-Utah) joined Representative Lofgren in introducing the bill, which has 37 cosponsors in the House of Representatives.

May 31, 2024 · The Immigration Visa Efficiency and Security Act of 2023 (H.R.6542) is a bill that aims to facilitate and expand access to family- and employment-based visas in the United States. The bill was introduced by Representative Richard McCormick (R-Georgia) on December 1, 2023. At the time of this article’s publication, it had been co-sponsored by 32

Dec 6, 2024 · H-1B Cap Reached for FY 2025. On December 2, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that employers had filed enough petitions to reach the agency’s H-1B visa cap for fiscal year (FY) 2025, including a ceiling of 65,000 regular visas and an additional 20,000 visas for people who meet an advanced degree exemption.

Feb 6, 2024 · The bill would prevent aging-out of the system by locking in a Documented Dreamer’s age, if they are or were a dependent child of an H-1B visa holder, to the date an initial H-1B petition was filed on behalf of the child’s parent, as opposed to the date the green card becomes available and is issued.