Well now isn’t this interesting.. To help force US companies hire American workers, especially in the tech field, a Representative of California has introduced legislation that will force companies to double the pay of H-1B Visa workers and streamline residence for F-1 visa students meanwhile another legislation follows out of Ohio to close H-1B loopholes- PB/TK
H-1B Visa Bill Introduced In US, Minimum Pay More Than Doubled – PTI
Washington: A legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives which among other things calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000, making it difficult for firms to use the programme to replace American employees with foreign workers, including from India.
The High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017 introduced by California Congressman Zoe Lofgren prioritises market based allocation of visas to those companies willing to pay 200 per cent of a wage calculated by survey, eliminates the category of lowest pay, and raises the salary level at which H-1B dependent employer are exempt from non-displacement and recruitment attestation requirements to greater than $130,000.
Continue to msn.com article: http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/h-1b-visa-bill-introduced-in-us-minimum-pay-more-than-doubled/ar-AAmrdMz
