{"id":31024,"date":"2018-10-27T11:50:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31024"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:50:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:20:36","slug":"u-s-tightens-h-1b-approval-process-it-firms-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-tightens-h-1b-approval-process-it-firms-worried\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. tightens H-1B approval process, IT firms worried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/us-tightens-norms-for-issuing-h-1b-visas\/article22840609.ece\"><b>U.S. tightens H-1B approval process, IT firms worried<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. government has announced fresh measures to tighten the scrutiny of H-1B visa petitions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Details:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new visa policy makes the procedure of issuing H-1B visas to those to be employed at one or more third-party worksites very tough<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The companies filing H-1B petitions for their employees will have to associate a particular project to the individual visa, which could be approved only for the duration of the project<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order for an H-1B petition involving a third-party worksite to be approved, the petitioner must show by a preponderance of evidence the beneficiary will be employed in a speciality occupation and the employer will maintain an employer-employee relationship with the beneficiary for the duration of the requested validity period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new policy empowers the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to issue H-1B visas to an employee for only the period he\/she has work at a third-party worksite.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, H-1B visas are issued for three years at a time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Impact on Indians and Indian IT Companies<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indians and Indian IT companies will feel the impact the most because they are the biggest users of this visa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shorter durations may even make the transition from H-1B to a Green Card next to impossible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will be a huge impact on the Indian IT services providers that place employees with H-1B visas at American companies that contract them, by imposing more paperwork and processing hurdles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Significance of the new measures:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measures are intended to bring the client-vendor -employee relations in business models based on bringing high skilled H-1B workers to America under closer scrutiny.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. tightens H-1B approval process, IT firms worried Context: The U.S. government has announced fresh measures to tighten the scrutiny of H-1B visa petitions Details: The new visa policy makes the procedure of issuing H-1B visas to those to be employed at one or more third-party worksites very tough The companies filing H-1B petitions for&hellip; 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