US President Donald Trump has directed his government to reform the H-1B visa system and move towards merit-based immigration. White House officials said this. By the end of this year, Trump issued an order to suspend work visas, including H-1B visas temporarily. After this, the
White House said in a statement, “America is moving towards a merit-based immigration system.” The Trump government will reform the immigration system to prioritize more-skilled workers and protect American citizens’ jobs.
The White House said that under these changes, the H-1B visa program would be awarded to those who are given significantly higher salaries. Apart from this, the Trump government will also eliminate all the flaws. Taking advantage of this, companies keep cheap foreign workers in place of American workers.
The White House said that these reforms would protect American workers. Also, only those employees in the US will be sure to get admission, which is quite efficient. The temporary ban on the issuance of H-1B visas by the Trump government may affect Indian professionals.
The H-1B visa is a non-migrant visa, which allows US companies to employ foreign professionals in some professions. It is in high demand among Indian IT professionals. There is a limit of 85,000 H-1B issuances in the US every year. The official said that 2,25,000 applications were received for this visa last year.
