US Senators Introduce Legislation to Cut H-1B Visas by 15,000
All H1 B Aspirants and their sponsoring companies set to be in a fix as US is considering a reduction in the number of H-1B visas by 15,000. Two American Senators have introduced legislation in the Senate proposing to cut the number of popular H-1B visas by 15,000.
The legislation has been introduced by Bill Nelson of the Democratic Party and Jeff Sessions of the Republican Party. The bill makes it necessary that such a visa should be given to highest wage earner first.The senators also recommends to provide H-1B visas preferably to highest wage earners.It is an open secret that US companies employ low-waged foreign workers to cut costs in place of equally-qualified US workers.
Nelson said the measure will help ensure that the H-1B visa programme used as it was originally intended. As per reports, the legislation prohibits US employers from replacing a US worker with an H-1B visa holder. Currently every year a maximum of 85,000 H-1B visas can be issued including 20,000 for those who completed higher education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). If the number is reduced to 70,000, the US Department of Homeland Security would have to prioritize the allocation of those visas based on the salary.
However, industry stalwarts and analysts are yet worried because it is still legislation and there is low probability of it turning into a law and even if it were to turn into a law, industry body Nasccom would lobby against that.
News Posted: 9 December, 2015
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