H-1B cap won't drop in 2018, despite rhetoric from Trump administration

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According to the USCIS website, the total cap on H-1B visas will remain at 85,000 through fiscal year 2018.

 

 

 

Despite the Trump administration's strong opposition to the H-1B visa program, the number of available H-1B visas will remain the same through fiscal year 2018, according to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website.

There will continue to be 85,000 H-1B visas available through the program—65,000 available as part of the standard cap limit, and an additional 20,000 visas available to workers who have earned a US master's degree or higher. Applications for the program open on April 3, 2017.

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The news likely comes as a sigh of relief for many US companies, especially those in the tech sector, who rely on the program to hire what the USCIS defines as "skilled workers." After the USCIS temporarily suspended premium processing of H-1B applications in March, many were certain that the cap limit on the program would drop as well.

President Trump's outspoken views on immigration and foreign-born workers had led many to believe that policies would swiftly come to suspend or end the program altogether. In one interview, Trump was quoted as saying: "I will end forever the use of the H-1B as a cheap labor program, and institute an absolute requirement to hire American workers for every visa and immigration program. No exceptions."

Since even before the election of Trump, tech leaders have been calling for an expansion of the H-1B program, as the demand for the visas far outstrips what is available. According to the Cyberstates 2016 report from CompTIA, there are more than 6.7 million workers in the US tech industry, but the H-1B visas are maxed out at 85,000. Assuming every single one of those visas went to tech, that would only account for 1.27% of the tech workforce.

The 3 big takeaways for TechRepublic readers

1. H-1B visas limits will remain unchanged through fiscal year 2018, according to the USCIS website.
2. The news goes against rhetoric from the Trump administration, which has pushed back against the program.
3. Tech has long lobbied for an expansion of H-1B, as the visas are capped at 85,000.

[Android_Halwa]

Trump gadu waste....no h1b reforms are expected soon....

salley gadu..masthu hopes pettindu h1b reforms chestham ani...was expecting them to happena nd hoping US work places would become like what they used to be once and stop this abuses...

itle bratakalemo jeevitham antha...

[greensboro]

18 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

Trump gadu waste....no h1b reforms are expected soon....

salley gadu..masthu hopes pettindu h1b reforms chestham ani...was expecting them to happena nd hoping US work places would become like what they used to be once and stop this abuses...

itle bratakalemo jeevitham antha...

atla sudden ga aapesthe paisal ravu basu. slow poison laga kill chestharu program ni. ante virakthi chendi back vellipotharu.

[micxas]

Sudden ga why news on US @ParmQ 

[Android_Halwa]

2 minutes ago, greensboro said:

atla sudden ga aapesthe paisal ravu basu. slow poison laga kill chestharu program ni. ante virakthi chendi back vellipotharu.

ade kada problem...eb3 la GC file chesonodu kuda edo oka roju GC vastunde hope tho inka vuntunaar bhai..emoi chepale cheppu..

manollu one way ticket...ravadame kani povadam ledu..nuv sachinaka GC vastadi ante, apudu malli options..apatiki varaku EAD renew aithe chalu ani..

debba gattiga kottale...ie slow poison ki resistance vachesindi mana desi gallaki..

[user789]

Eh 1  quota just 1 month lo discuss chesi decision teeskoru. By next year you will surely see drastic changes...

[ParmQ]

24 minutes ago, micxas said:

Sudden ga why news on US @ParmQ 

One year tharuvatha FB login ayya. TechRepublic updates lo unnayi. Relevant emo ani ikkada vesa..

[ParmQ]

24 minutes ago, micxas said:

Sudden ga why news on US @ParmQ 

One year tharuvatha FB login ayya. TechRepublic updates lo unnayi. Relevant emo ani ikkada vesa..

[micxas]

3 hours ago, ParmQ said:

One year tharuvatha FB login ayya. TechRepublic updates lo unnayi. Relevant emo ani ikkada vesa..

ok 

 

[perugu_vada]

4 hours ago, Android_Halwa said:

Trump gadu waste....no h1b reforms are expected soon....

salley gadu..masthu hopes pettindu h1b reforms chestham ani...was expecting them to happena nd hoping US work places would become like what they used to be once and stop this abuses...

itle bratakalemo jeevitham antha...

 

3 hours ago, greensboro said:

atla sudden ga aapesthe paisal ravu basu. slow poison laga kill chestharu program ni. ante virakthi chendi back vellipotharu.

Foolishness autundi h1b program stop chesina, or else inka strict chesi aapeyinchina employers ni file cheyinchakunda, every yr via h1b's billions of dollars lo tax ostundi , h1-b file lo add chesina additional 2000$ goes towards border protection at mexico border

trump thaatha aavesam lo facts telusukoka, just disney incident chusi h1-b ban cheyali ani americans lo sympathy-votes kosam vaagaadu anthe, reality is completely different

[princeofheaven]

14 minutes ago, perugu_vada said:

 

Foolishness autundi h1b program stop chesina, or else inka strict chesi aapeyinchina employers ni file cheyinchakunda, every yr via h1b's billions of dollars lo tax ostundi , h1-b file lo add chesina additional 2000$ goes towards border protection at mexico border

trump thaatha aavesam lo facts telusukoka, just disney incident chusi h1-b ban cheyali ani americans lo sympathy-votes kosam vaagaadu anthe, reality is completely different

H1B lekapothe social security inka fast ga bankrupt aipotadi...