New H-1B visa regulations set to take effect in January will empower government officials probing possible fraud just as the Trump administration takes control of the country’s immigration system.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services finalized efforts this week to clean up abuses in the specialty occupation visa program heavily used by the tech industry, following a revamp earlier this year to the annual H-1B lottery. A number of provisions were welcomed by employers, among them deference to prior decisions on visa eligibility, loosened eligibility criteria for cap-exempt visas, and protections for international graduates changing visa status.
Additional measures to strengthen ...
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