Getting H1-B1 Work Visa for USA Now Takes 12 Times Longer

[Uncle Q]

The entire world waited with anticipation to hear the news about visa applications and immigration bans with the coming of the Trump administration. President Trump had time and again indicated that under his administration, the United States of America would be tightening controls on immigration and other forms of visas.


After the ill-advised immigration ban on a few Muslim-majority countries, it has transpired that the Trump administration has set its sights on making the H-1B visa tougher to get, a visa that allows foreigners looking for temporary jobs in high-tech U.S. companies. The proposed reforms to the H1-B1 visa program will actually make the process a bit longer, and that foreigners with sought-after skills wont be fast-tracked anymore. For now the Trump administration has also revealed that it will be temporarily suspending expedited applications for this type of visa.


The H-1B visa type is applicable only for highly skilled workers who want to work at high-tech US companies. It is also applicable for fresh graduates looking for jobs in their particular fields.


The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has basically cancelled premium processing for the next six months. These premium processing queues took as long as 15 days to get visas approved for H1-B1 program.


The highest number of foreign workers employed anywhere in the USA are at the Silicon Valley. These new tough rules will adversely affect tech companies based there. Furthermore, this also means that waiting times for approval can get much longer and while companies are allowed to petition on behalf of or sponsor their employees, they still have to pay an additional fee of $1225 and then the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) will respond in a matter of two weeks. The newly proposed normal H-1B visa application can take anywhere between three and six months for a response from the USCIS.


Currently the number of H-1B visas that are approved in a year stand at 65,000 applicants, with an addition of 20,000 applicants who have earned their advanced degrees from the US. The original visa is valid for only three years but people can apply to have it extended for another three-year period but that is the maximum limit.


The official reason given for this decision is to decrease the backlog of requests that are already waiting to be processed. However, if this keeps up the Trump administration might just see its relationship with Silicon Valley decline very fast. Almost every big Silicon Valley-based technology company has criticized Trumps immigration ban in varying degrees since it is in complete contrast to the countrys long-standing history of welcoming immigrants from all over the world.


Via Reuters

 

[jangjoo786]

جہنم میں جائے ٹرمپ اور اس کا تبدیل شدہ امریکہ۔
امریکہ کے بغیر لوگ مر نہیں جاینگے۔

 

[jarmani das]

dahashatgardi ka to yahi anzam hona tha .

 

[swing]

لعنت بھیجو جی امریکا جانا کنے وے

 

[aazad.mubassir]

who cares except Indians and Iranians dying to settle in US on H1B.

 

[nepali.nationalist]

yeh baat sahi hai ...apnay itni american jobs harapli hain h-1 mein kay ab woh tung agaye hain...:biggthumpup:

dahashatgardi ka to yahi anzam hona tha .

 

[taban]

جہنم میں جائے ٹرمپ اور اس کا تبدیل شدہ امریکہ۔
امریکہ کے بغیر لوگ مر نہیں جاینگے۔

انڈینز کا کیا هو گا

 

[kayawish]

Germany is the best country nowdays , and i am happy that choose to settle in Germany then that of USA or UK.

 

[360turn]

It's Indians own silly doing for fabrication of data scammers for Trump administration to act in this way - cheaters nations

 

[jarmani das]

yeh baat sahi hai ...apnay itni american jobs harapli hain h-1 mein kay ab woh tung agaye hain...:biggthumpup:

It's Indians own silly doing for fabrication of data scammers for Trump administration to act in this way - cheaters nations

bari mirche lag gayi hai dahashatgard mulko ke chumpoo logo ko , visa ban hone wala hai sabse bare chawal mulk ko .......................:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Star Gazer]

dahashatgardi ka to yahi anzam hona tha .

And what about the supporters of terrorist?? India is the biggest supporter. Good,you have defined your own final end!!

 

[360turn]

bari mirche lag gayi hai dahashatgard mulko ke chumpoo logo ko , visa ban hone wala hai sabse bare chawal mulk ko .......................:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

You don't have any further information to share ..
No response is a response. Inability of not knowing how to reply.

 

[jarmani das]

You don't have any further information to share ..
No response is a response. Inability of not knowing how to reply.

only response is you are jealous of india's closeness with america and trump, pakistanis should improve their behaviour otherwise trump will come heavily upon pakistan. your image is very bad in the eyes of the world .
passport has lowest rating

 

[A.G.Uddin]

only response is you are jealous of india's closeness with america and trump, pakistanis should improve their behaviour otherwise trump will come heavily upon pakistan. your image is very bad in the eyes of the world .
passport has lowest rating

Yeah that's why Sadiq Khan, son of a Pakistani immigrant is now a mayor of London. Yesterday, he was watching PSL final too on television.

Here in Canada there are many councilors and MPs etc....who hail from Pakistan.

And why would we be jealous when you guys were doing havan, puja etc...for a guy like Trump simply due to your hatred for Pakistanis/Muslims . Irrespective of whatever relationships Pakistan had had with other nations, how many Afghans or Bangladeshis were celebrating Trump's victory ? Trump is being criticized by Blacks, Latinos and even native Americans. even many white Americans such as John Cena and Hollywood celebs don't agree with his rhetoric, but here you are : Shah say zyada shah ke wafadaar.

 

[fannekhan]

Yeah that's why Sadiq Khan, son of a Pakistani immigrant is now a mayor of London. Yesterday, he was watching PSL final too on television.

Here in Canada there are many councilors and MPs etc....who hail from Pakistan.

And why would we be jealous when you guys were doing havan, puja etc...for a guy like Trump simply due to your hatred for Pakistanis/Muslims . Irrespective of whatever relationships Pakistan had had with other nations, how many Afghans or Bangladeshis were celebrating Trump's victory ? Trump is being criticized by Blacks, Latinos and even native Americans. even many white Americans such as John Cena and Hollywood celebs don't agree with his rhetoric, but here you are : Shah say zyada shah ke wafadaar.

:lol::lol:

yeah pakistanis should become secular like sadik khan and few canadian pakistanis who are enjoying fruit of secularism , better your image otherwise green passport brings you to the bottom of the list of countries ,this is because of double faced behaviour of pakistanis ,supporting racism, killing minorities ,sheltering terrorists at home ,talking about benefits of secularism in west .

any way your behaviour is not up to the mark even in the west .

 

[kakamuna420]

Germany is the best country nowdays , and i am happy that choose to settle in Germany then that of USA or UK.

Germany requires perfect German and the salary scale in US is 3x that of Germany. There are good and bad things in both countries

 

[A.G.Uddin]

:lol::lol:

yeah pakistanis should become secular like sadik khan and few canadian pakistanis who are enjoying fruit of secularism , better your image otherwise green passport brings you to the bottom of the list of countries ,this is because of double faced behaviour of pakistanis ,supporting racism, killing minorities ,sheltering terrorists at home ,talking about benefits of secularism in west .

any way your behaviour is not up to the mark even in the west .

Anjem Chaudhry also spoke against Mohammed Ali Jinnah and is hated by patriotic Pakistanis. Nobody takes the joker seriously. And how do you know about all Pakistanis? What about Late Rana Bhagwan Das who used to be a senior official in Supreme Court of Pakistan . Plus all those senior doctors, teachers and police officials in Pakistan who were not Muslims.

BBC would also make a documentary titled India's Daughter if you remember which your beloved prime minister would ban, and many Indians were supporting it as some sort of security against invasion. What about Suraj Panchuli in your country who is considered a youth icon if I am not wrong, don't you know his history with death of Jiah Khan? Should I point at your entire country calling it a nation of rapist beasts because of Delhi rape incident ? Should I say that Indians carry out female foeticide , display sexism , exercise caste-ism back home and take benefits of equal opportunities when go overseas ? Oh by the way, why was Sanjay Leela Bhansali attacked if you are so civilized?

Now should i point finger at your whole country the way you are doing ? Should I call the Delhi rapists the true representatives of Indian society in general? Next time kissi ki qaum, mulk ya community per ungli uthane say pehle sooch lena.

 

[kayawish]

Germany requires perfect German and the salary scale in US is 3x that of Germany. There are good and bad things in both countries

well , in germany salary scale depends on ur work experience and education.Minimum wage in west germany is 9 euro per hour and 2nd if you dont have a job in US you have to live on street and no health insurance but in germany people get money from state and your rent is alsp paid from state + ur health insurance in US if you become jobless then you are finished but in Germany state takes your responsiblity.What do you think why all poor refugees wana come to germany ? because they all know that they dont have to work here and get everything for free.So germany is far far much better the that US shiit.

 

[kakamuna420]

well , in germany salary scale depends on ur work experience and education.Minimum wage in west germany is 9 euro per hour and 2nd if you dont have a job in US you have to live on street and no health insurance but in germany people get money from state and your rent is alsp paid from state + ur health insurance in US if you become jobless then you are finished but in Germany state takes your responsiblity.What do you think why all poor refugees wana come to germany ? because they all know that they dont have to work here and get everything for free.So germany is far far much better the that US shiit.

Hmm.
The reasons that you put are not true. Salary ranges for the same work experience are way apart. There are homeless people in both Germany and US. You also get money from state in US and health insurance used to be converted to obamacare which was paid from credits paid by the Govt. If you become jobless you may opt for cobra bridge insurance or take obama care. Refugees are coming to EU as whole because of lenient rules. If somebody is a refugee or uneducated person, it is better to go to Germany and marry an old woman.

 

[kayawish]

Hmm.
The reasons that you put are not true. Salary ranges for the same work experience are way apart. There are homeless people in both Germany and US. You also get money from state in US and health insurance used to be converted to obamacare which was paid from credits paid by the Govt. If you become jobless you may opt for cobra bridge insurance or take obama care. Refugees are coming to EU as whole because of lenient rules. If somebody is a refugee or uneducated person, it is better to go to Germany and marry an old woman.

you get state support in US if you were working before and you did paid taxes there.But in Germany even if you did not paid and single penny in tax and you never worked in ur life before still you get state support like a flat rent and 500 euros per month if you are a single but if u have kids then you get more money.Now homeless people , in germany those people are homeless who are alcoholics so no one wants to rent them there property so state cannot help them too but they get there 500 euro social money from state every month and state can only pay the rent if they find a flat for themselves and since they are alcoholics no one wana take them.if you wana compare homeless people in US and in Germany then sory to say lot of educated people in US are homeless and state dont wana help them but in Germany its not the case.