The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows the companies in the US to employ foreign workers in specialty operations that require technical expertise.
The Trump administration has recently announced new rules on the H-1B visa immigration program which is aimed at protecting the American workers and to restore the integrity.
The new visa rules guarantee that the H-1B petitions are only approved for qualified beneficiaries and the petitioners which will affect thousands of IT professionals.
The final rules were announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday at a time when the US elections are approaching. The new rules will narrow the specialty occupation by closing the overboard definition which allowed companies to hire as per their wish.
These rules will also allow employers to hire real talent by closing the loop holes in order to prevent the displacement of American workers.
These would also enhance the department’s ability to conduct worksite inspections and monitor the compliance before and after the H-1B visa petition is approved.
The H-1B visa is a non immigrant visa that employs foreign workers in the roles that require theoretical or technical expertise.
The technology companies in the US mainly depend on this visa and hire tens to thousands of employees from countries like India and China.
This decision by the Trump administration will likely affect thousands of Indian IT professionals. Already a large number of Indians having the H-1B visa have lost their jobs and are headed back to their native country during the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the US immigration services will issue a regular notice to immediately ensure that employing H-1B visa workers will not worsen the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The immigration services will also take proper care to ensure that the working conditions of the already employed US workers are not put at stake.
The pandemic’s economic impact is a good reason that the Trump administration has thought to enforce the new rules of the H-1B visa.
According to the administration, the changes are expected to strengthen the foreign worker programmes and also to secure the American workers’ job opportunities in the stable jobs.
H-1B program was intended to allow the employers to fill the gaps in the workforce to remain comparative in the global economy.
According to the latest data, more than half a million of the H-1B non immigrants are displacing the native American workers in various fields.
