Trump administration makes H-1B visa approval tougher; to impact Indian firms
The Trump administration has now made the H1-B visa procedure tougher with the announcement of a new policy. It is expected to affect individuals who are employed at one or more third-party worksites, and to hugely impact Indian IT companies and their employees. According to reports, the new policy requires a company to make extra efforts to prove that its H-1B employee at a third-party worksite has specific and non-qualifying speculative assignments in speciality occupation. The new policy will be effective immediately. It must be noted that the new H-1B filing season is expected to be April 2 for the fiscal year 2019, which means that the timing of the announcement is not coincidental. This announcement comes as part of President Trump's Buy American, Hire American directive that was ordered to ensure the interests of US workers. The seven-page policy that was announced yesterday empowers the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to issue H-1B visa