US News: MUMBAI: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it will delay the proposed change to the H-1B cap selection system until Decem.
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The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
Washington: The Biden administration has announced that it is delaying the H-1B policy of the previous Trump administration on allocation of the popular foreign work visas by continuing with the lottery system until December 31, 2021, to give the immigration agency more time to develop, test and implement the modifications to the registration system.
1 Feb 2021
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Alejandro Mayokras, has dodged questions about his intervention as head of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to help wealthy foreign nationals secure EB-5 visas, a letter entered into the Senate record claims.
In a January 15 letter to Mayorkas, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) alleged that the former USCIS chief has not been transparent about his role and involvement in a series of EB-5 visa cases. Mayorkas was reported by multiple USCIS staffers for intervening in three specific EB-5 visa cases where foreign investors had been denied visas. In 2015, Obama’s DHS IG John Roth documented the inappropriate actions.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
H-1B Cap Selection Process
On January 8, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule modifying the H-1B cap selection process. This rule changes the H-1B cap selection process by replacing the random selection process with a wage-level-based selection process, giving preference to petitions using a Level IV wage and proceeding in descending order with wage levels III, II and I. This affects only new, cap-subject H-1B petitions. It
does not affect people who currently hold H-1B status. The rule is scheduled to go into effect 60 days after publication (March 9, 2021), however, it is unclear if it will be implemented in time for this year’s cap process. A few things could derail or delay the rule including: