A major change has been made in America’s H-1B visa program. The Donald Trump administration has abolished the random lottery system implemented till now for issuing visas. In its place, a new system is being introduced in which more skilled and higher paid foreign professionals will be given priority. This decision is likely to have a direct impact on Indian flour and technical professionals, who work in the US in large numbers on H-1B visas.
Under the new provisions, visa selection will no longer be completely random. Instead, a ‘weighted system’ will be adopted, in which applicants with higher skills and higher salaries will have greater chances of getting a visa. The Trump administration says that many companies were misusing the old lottery system and foreign workers were being brought in at low wages.
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