Washington: The Trump administration has taken several steps to prevent misuse and fraud in other employment-based visa programs, including the H-1B. A top US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) official gave the information to lawmakers on Thursday. H-1B is a very popular work visa among technology professionals in India.
USCIS policy deputy director Joseph Adlow said during a parliament hearing that USCIS implemented rules, policy memorandums and procedural changes to preserve the economic interests of American employees and businesses and to prevent misuse and fraud in employment-based visa programs. . The most prominent of these is to ensure a fee that H-1B applicants must pay that will ultimately help train American employees.
He added that other steps include changing the H-1B selection process to increase the probability of selection of beneficiaries who have obtained master’s or higher degrees from an American institution. It also includes increasing cooperation with the Ministry of Justice to detect fraud and eliminate its apprehension by employers. Adlo stated that the Trump administration has also prepared an online information form to report the USCIS H-1B and H-2B forgery. Apart from this, H-1B Employer Data Center has also been created which will make the information of employers who accept the application of H-1B employees available to the public.
He told members of the House Judicial Subcommittee on Citizenship and Immigration that USCIS released its first report on the estimate of the number of H-1B non-immigrants authorized to work in the US and began electronic filing to fill various forms And for the first time used the electronic registration process for H-1B cap selection.
