Big Changes Proposed for High-Skilled Worker Visa Programs (1)

Two measures that Trump administration officials say would dramatically alter the hiring of highly skilled foreign workers were released Tuesday under special waivers allowing them to bypass normal regulatory review.

One rule, from the Department of Homeland Security, would narrow the jobs that qualify for H-1B specialty occupation visas and change the definition of an H-1B employee/employer relationship, while its companion, released by the Labor Department, would define how much those workers should be paid.

Officials estimate that as many as a third of all H-1B petitions would likely be rejected under the new interim final measures, which the ...