Donald Trump Administration plans to rework the H1-B Visa Lottery System, which aims to replace it with a weighted and international selection process.
In accordance with this, the US Department of Internal Security (DHS) stated by July 17th, the administration proposed the introduction of a “weighted selection process” for the category of the finished system. The Office for Information and Regulatory Affairs has already been submitted.
The aim of the proposed changes is to certain candidates on the basis of other criteria-unusually, including wages-in the benefit of highly qualified and paid professionals.
The H1-B lottery visa system is the topic of the debate between Trump and its supporters and was often criticized as “broken”.
Here we look at the new system and how it differs from the existing one.
How are the candidates selected in the current format?
Currently, the system is quite simple! Applicants who are entitled to H1-B Visa present their requests and the computer lottery randomly selects the recipient.
Every year, about 85,000 H-1B visas, 20,000 are reserved for individuals who have a master’s degree or higher from the University of the University. However, demand is every other day.
How will the new system work?
At present, it is not clear how the new system will work, as DHS has not yet share much more details.
However, a study for progress at the beginning of this year found, as HT states that if higher salaries were given priority instead of using a random lottery, the average salary of H-1B visa could increase from approximately $ 106,000 to $ 172,000.
This would be much harder for outsourcing companies that rely on hiring a large number of workers with lower wages, but it could be a big plus for researchers, PhD holders and technology professionals.
US citizenship and immigration services (USCIS) are still completing the proposal of the proposed rule that goes through a public review process before it becomes official. If approved, the new system could live next year.
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