Here comes another bad news for all H1 B aspirants. Two American Senators have introduced legislation in the Senate proposing to cut the number of H-1B visas by 15,000. The bill makes it necessary that H1B visa should be given to highest wage earner first.
The legislation was introduced by Senators Bill Nelson of the Democratic Party and Jeff Sessions of the Republican Party. Currently every year a maximum of 85,000 H-1B visas can be issued and the number includes 20,000 for those who did higher education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
They opine that by reducing the number of visas available this bill directly targets outsourcing companies that rely on lower-wage foreign workers to replace equally-qualified US workers.However, IT industry experts and analysts are not worried because it is still legislation and there is low probability of it turning into a law.
Last month, Mr. Nelson and some of his Senate colleagues filed a separate piece of legislation to reform the H-1B visa programme. It would prohibit any employer from replacing a U.S. worker with an H-1B visa.
The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations.
The legislation was introduced by Senators Bill Nelson of the Democratic Party and Jeff Sessions of the Republican Party. Currently every year a maximum of 85,000 H-1B visas can be issued and the number includes 20,000 for those who did higher education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
They opine that by reducing the number of visas available this bill directly targets outsourcing companies that rely on lower-wage foreign workers to replace equally-qualified US workers.However, IT industry experts and analysts are not worried because it is still legislation and there is low probability of it turning into a law.
Last month, Mr. Nelson and some of his Senate colleagues filed a separate piece of legislation to reform the H-1B visa programme. It would prohibit any employer from replacing a U.S. worker with an H-1B visa.
The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations.