Question: Recently H-1B visa reform bill introduced in US House of Representatives, according to this bill what is the proposed minimum salary of H-1B visa holders?
(a) 80 thousand US dollars
(b) 1.30 million US dollars
(c) 60 thousand US dollars
(d) 1 million US dollars
Ans. (b)
Related facts:
- On 30 January 2017 H-1B visa reform bill introduced in US House of Representatives.
- High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017 introduced by California Congressman Zoe Lofgren.
- This priorities 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.
- It also raises the salary level at which H-1B dependent employer are exempt from non displacement and recruitment attestation requirements to greater than USD 130,000.
- This is more than double of the current H-1B minimum wage of USD 60,000 which was established in 1989 and since then has remained unchanged.
- The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H).
- It allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations.
- If a foreign worker in H-1B status quits or is dismissed from the sponsoring employer, the worker must either apply for and be granted a change of status to another non-immigrant status.
- The biggest impact will be on the Indian IT companies.
Reference:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/h-1b-visa-reform-bill-introduced-in-us-house-of-representatives/articleshow/56888616.cms
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/visa-and-immigration/trump-government-tables-new-h-1b-bill-techies-it-firms-brace-for-tough-future/articleshow/56887602.cms
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-the-high-skilled-integrity-and-fairness-act-of-2017-2303400