WSJ - H1B

[Batman_fan]

Trump Administration Reopens H-1B Program, With a Twist

Outsourcing companies could face more pressure under revised program

WASHINGTON—The federal government on Monday began accepting visa applications for a fresh round of high-skilled foreign workers, without the wholesale changes President Donald Trump promised in his campaign. His administration did, though, announce one shift that could put pressure on outsourcing companies that typically win a large share of the coveted visas.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service said it would direct more inspectors in the H-1B program to the controversial outsourcing companies, many of them based in India. Those firms have drawn scrutiny because their U.S. subsidiaries sometimes import employees to do work once performed by Americans.

With no major changes to the program announced, the administration instead said it would work to better detect fraud and abuse in the program by changing how it targets companies for inspection.

Under the new rules, companies will be prioritized when they have a high ratio of H-1B workers employed and when the employees work off-site at another company’s location. Both of those criteria would lead to targeting of outsourcing companies. The agency said it also would prioritize companies where business information can’t be validated through commercially available data.

The immigration agency also said it was establishing a new email address for people to report allegations of fraud or abuse. It said it would continue random inspections, too, which has been past practice.

Also Monday, the Justice Department issued a statement cautioning employers participating in the program against discriminating against American workers. “U.S. workers should not be placed in a disfavored status, and the department is wholeheartedly committed to investigating and vigorously prosecuting these claims,” acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Civil Rights Division said in a statement.

At the White House, press secretary Sean Spicer cast the announcement as a change in policy. But he also nodded to the fact that the administration hasn’t announced any significant administrative changes or legislative proposals that would change the visa allocation system.

“The White House acknowledges that there are issues with the program as it currently stands,” he said. “However, there are several laws that are on the books that went unenforced in the previous administration.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-reopens-h-1b-program-with-a-twist-1491256323

[Batman_fan]

Seems like no EOs but they will make current rules much stricter. 

[dewarist]

Andaru Assame

[sanbk]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/us/tech-visa-applications-h1b.html?_r=0

[citizenofIND]

Okay. Thanks tump thatha

[reality]

22 minutes ago, Batman_fan said:

Seems like no EOs but they will make current rules much stricter. 

EO upfront isthe chepalu chikkavu ga...

andhuke ee under-cover operation...