Employers Seeking Visas May Tangle With Labor Dept. Over Wages (Corrected)

Employers focused on getting their skilled guestworker visa petitions approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services could face another obstacle: the Labor Department.

There’s been an uptick in investigations by the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division, which has authority to enforce the wage requirements of the H-1B skilled worker visa program.

The DOL, like the other agencies involved in the immigration process, has been tasked with finding ways to ensure that U.S. workers are prioritized over immigrant workers. President Donald Trump’s Buy American and Hire American executive order specifically mentions the H-1B program as needing an overhaul.

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