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Many H1B visa-holders are IT professionals and other skilled workers from India.

Major relief for H1B visa-holders in USA amid mass layoffs on the cards?

Fresh hope for H1B visa-holders in USA amid mass layoffs


Many H1B visa-holders are IT professionals and other skilled workers from India.

Lighting a ray of hope for H1B visa-holders in USA, a presidential advisory sub-committee has recommended that the grace period for H1B workers who have lost their jobs be extended.
The panel suggested to the Joe Biden government that the grace period be increased from 60 to 180 days so that the workers have enough opportunities to find a new job or other alternatives.
Many H1B visa-holders are IT professionals and other skilled workers from India.
&ldquo;The immigration subcommittee recommends the Department of Homeland Security and the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to extend the grace period for H1-B workers, who have lost their jobs, from 60 days to 180 days,&rdquo; Ajay Jain Bhutoria, member of the President&rsquo;s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, said on Tuesday.
In his presentation, Bhutoria highlighted the significant challenges faced by H1-B workers laid off from their jobs. The current 60-day grace period presents numerous hurdles, including finding a new job within a tight timeframe, complex paperwork for transferring H1-B status, and delays in processing at USCIS, he said.
As a result, many H1-B workers are forced to leave the country which could result in a loss of skilled labour for the United States, he told members of the advisory commission.
(With agency inputs)
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The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

USA: amid massive layoffs, tech entreprenuer asks Joe Biden to address H-1B issue for fired techies 

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

The recent massive firing of professionals in the tech industry is a nightmare for those on H-1B visas, an Indian-American technology entrepreneur and academic has said, asserting that this can be addressed if President Joe Biden issues an executive order to extend the grace period from them from 60 days to six months.
This means that once fired from a job, a foreign tech worker on H-1B visas would have six months to find a new job instead of the existing duration of 60 days, after which they have to leave the country.
&ldquo;(President) Biden could pass an executive order extending the amount of time (H-1B) people (who have lost jobs) from 60 days to six months. Let them take a break and let them have the time to find a new job. That's a very simple thing that can be done tomorrow,&rdquo; Vivek Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow &amp; Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley told PTI.
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
Wadhwa, who is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Programme at Harvard Law School said that it is nothing but a &ldquo;nightmare&rdquo; for the people on H-1B visas who have been fired by tech companies.
According to The Washington Post, since last November more than 200,000 people have been fired by top tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook.
&ldquo;If they don't get a job within 60 days then they have to leave the country. Imagine if you've been working for Facebook for the last 10 to 12 years and waiting for your green card, you're in line and desperately waiting...you bought a house, you're settled in here, everything is okay, Facebook is a great company and then you get laid off overnight,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really a big issue for these H-1Bs. It is a lose-lose situation for everyone,&rdquo; he said. Because of the nature of H-1B, it would be difficult for them to find a new job. &ldquo;Another complication with this is that if you're a Programme Analyst when you start the process, you can't become a manager. That's a new job (in the eyes of US Citizenship and Immigration Services),&rdquo; Wadhwa said.
&ldquo;So essentially, you have to now get a job in the same role you had 12 years ago. You're stuck. Your career is stagnated. And then you could be thrown out at a moment's notice. This is ridiculous. That's you know, why put up with this when they can get equally good jobs or better jobs in India, they can sometimes get comparable salaries,&rdquo; he observed.
Wadhwa, in fact, warned the United States that this might turn the tide against them as the talented youths and techies would go back to their home country.
&ldquo;It's been a complete mess. I wrote a book about it called Exodus, which predicted that the tide will turn and people will start returning home, and it will have dozens of billion-dollar companies in India to help. That&rsquo;s exactly what happened. We have dozens of billion-dollar companies in India, and the Indian ecosystem is booming,&rdquo; he said.
Meanwhile, Indiaspora on Tuesday released a list of its member companies that have expressed interest in hiring H-1B visa holders. Prominent among them include Tredence, Cloudflare, Meylah, Women in Cloud, Clearwater Analytics, Vertex, Zipline, One Valley, Tech Mahindra, Crave, and Pubmatic.&nbsp;

Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel and other big American tech firms are pushing to preserve a program that lets the spouses of H1-B visa holders legally work in the US.

Google, Apple, and other big tech firms push to let H1-B spouses work in the US

Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel and other big American tech firms are reportedly pushing to preserve a program that lets the spouses of H1-B visa holders legally work in the US.

Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel and other big American tech firms are reportedly pushing to preserve a program that lets the spouses of H1-B visa holders legally work in the US. Nearly 30 companies have submitted their support of the H-4 policy, in a lawsuit that challenges the program. Reports say a federal court in Washington is expected to rule on the suit in the coming months.

A bipartisan group of two powerful American Senators on Wednesday urged the President Joe Biden administration to implement the H-1B visa programme reforms issued by the Donald Trump government in January, under which the visas were to be issued on the criteria of wages and not by a computerised draw of lots. Five weeks later, the Biden administration on February 4, announced a delay in the effective date of the H-1B selection rule from March 9 to December 31, 2021. The Department of Homeland Security has announced going back to the lottery system.
Observing that establishing an equitable distribution of new visas is a key starting point to ensuring that the H-1B visa program is not used to lower wages and displace American workers, the senators said that the annual H-1B visa lottery has been abused for years by outsourcing companies.
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Biden govt urged to implement H1B visa programme reforms

Two powerful Senators have urged the US President to implement the wage-based H-1B visa system brought in by Donald Trump in place of the lottery system

A bipartisan group of two powerful American Senators on Wednesday urged the President Joe Biden administration to implement the H-1B visa programme reforms issued by the Donald Trump government in January, under which the visas were to be issued on the criteria of wages and not by a computerised draw of lots. Five weeks later, the Biden administration on February 4, announced a delay in the effective date of the H-1B selection rule from March 9 to December 31, 2021. The Department of Homeland Security has announced going back to the lottery system.

A bipartisan group of two powerful American Senators on Wednesday urged the President Joe Biden administration to implement the H-1B visa programme reforms issued by the Donald Trump government in January, under which the visas were to be issued on the criteria of wages and not by a computerised draw of lots. Five weeks later, the Biden administration on February 4, announced a delay in the effective date of the H-1B selection rule from March 9 to December 31, 2021. The Department of Homeland Security has announced going back to the lottery system.
Observing that establishing an equitable distribution of new visas is a key starting point to ensuring that the H-1B visa program is not used to lower wages and displace American workers, the senators said that the annual H-1B visa lottery has been abused for years by outsourcing companies.
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Lawsuit filed against US Dept of Labour over new H1B visa rules

17 individuals and organisations on Monday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court of Columbia against the US Department of Labour, challenging the new rules on H1-B visas that aim to bring parity in wages being paid to non-US workers.
The plea says, increase in the prevailing wages will manifestly not benefit US economic growth or any workers; study after study has shown that H-1B visa holders create American jobs.
Alleging that it is a poorly drafted and improperly issued rule, critics claim that the rule does not comply with the procedure and is arbitrary, incorrect and irrational.
The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. It is most sought-after among Indian IT professionals.

Universities, organisations file lawsuit against&nbsp;US Labour dept Lawsuit challenges the new rules related&nbsp;to H1B visa wages Lawsuit alleges rule poorly drafted,&nbsp;arbitrary and irrational Critics argue new rules&nbsp;will impact economic recovery in US

17 individuals and organisations on Monday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court of Columbia against the US Department of Labour, challenging the new rules on H1-B visas that aim to bring parity in wages being paid to non-US workers.
The plea says, increase in the prevailing wages will manifestly not benefit US economic growth or any workers; study after study has shown that H-1B visa holders create American jobs.
Alleging that it is a poorly drafted and improperly issued rule, critics claim that the rule does not comply with the procedure and is arbitrary, incorrect and irrational.
The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. It is most sought-after among Indian IT professionals.

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