Bad news for Indians as US announces massive changes to H-1B selection process, allotment will now be done through…
The new H-1B visas will no longer be awarded through a purely random draw, as has been the practice over the past two decades. Scroll down to know more.
H-1B work visa selection update: In a matter of bad news for the India(BHARAT)ns willing to go to the US for work purposes, the Trump Administration has announced sweeping changes to the H-1B work visa selection process. Replacing the long-standing random lottery with a weighted system that prioritises higher-skilled and higher-paid foreign workers, the Trump Administration has announced that H-1B visas will no longer be awarded through a purely random draw. Here are all the details you need to know about the changes introduced by the Trump Administration on the H-1B work visa selection process.
What are the new changes in H-1B work visa selection process?
In the recent move, Department of Homeland Security has announced that the H-1B visas will no longer be awarded through a purely random draw, as has been the practice over the past two decades. Aimed at better protecting the wages, working conditions, and job opportunities of American workers, the new step is going to hurt the India(BHARAT)ns who are panning to go to the US, a report by IANS news agency said.
What has U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on H-1B work visa selection process?
“The existing random selection process of H-1B registrations was exploited and abused by U.S. employers who were primarily seeking to import foreign workers at lower wages than they would pay American workers,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesman Matthew Tragesser said.
“The new weighted selection will better serve Congress’ intent for the H-1B program and strengthen America’s competitiveness by incentivising American employers to petition for higher-paid, higher-skilled foreign workers,” he said.
New rules under H-1B work visa selection process
Under the new regulation, H-1B visas will no longer be awarded through a purely random draw, as has been the practice over the past two decades. Instead, registrations will be ranked and selected through a weighted process that increases the probability that visas go to higher-skilled and higher-paid foreign nationals.
(With inputs from agencies)
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