Washington: America has been going through many important administrative reforms and changes in rules and regulations since Donald Trump became the President.
America’s decision to cancel H-1B visa from today, 20 March, is also an important part of those administrative reforms and changes in rules and regulations. Why is the H1-B visa program being canceled? Let us know in detail what options will the applicants have after its cancellation.
According to a Financial Times report, the H-1B visa program in the US is going to undergo significant changes from Thursday, with the Foreign Labor Access Gateway (FLAG) removing old applications and the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) implementing a new system for the process. Let us tell you that till now the H-1B visa system has been a major route for foreign skilled workers looking for work in the US. According to the US, the Trump administration has implemented the new system to make the process more transparent and effective.
Records older than 5 years will be deleted
According to this new rule, any record older than 5 years will be removed from the system. If the final determination date of a case is March 22, 2020, the application will be removed on March 22 this year. Employers have been asked to download any case older than five years by March 19. Now in its place, USCIS will start a new application process, which is being described as more fair and equal for all applicants.
what will be the difference between before and now
In the previous system, multiple employers could submit applications for a single individual. But now in the new system for H-1B visas, this will be replaced by a more fair method that provides equal opportunities to all applicants no matter how many employers apply for them. In the revised system, beneficiaries will be selected instead of applications. This is aimed at preventing duplicate entries for the same individual. This will eliminate the advantage that large companies had in the previous system, where they were allowed to submit multiple applications for the same individual.
Increase in registration fee
The registration fee will also increase significantly, from Rs 862 to Rs 18,555 per entry. USCIS applicants will have to register online. Employers will have to register before filing the full H-1B petition, helping USCIS speed up the process. The new system promises better selection fairness for employees and more efficient application processing. It will also increase expenses for employers, who will now have to choose who they sponsor.
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