Cir: H-1B Visa Reform

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H-1B Visa Reform
•We will raise the base cap of 65,000 to 110,000 (we amend the current 20,000 exemption for U.S. advanced degree holders to be a 25,000 exemption for advanced degree graduates inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics from U.S. Schools).•In future years, the cap can go as high as 180,000. The cap will increase/decrease in thefollowing way:a.It will be based on two factors plugged into one formula known as the “HighSkilled Jobs Demand Index” (with each factor weighed at 50%):i.The percentage by which cap-subject nonimmigrant visa petitionsapproved under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)( for a fiscal year exceeds/failsto meet the cap (50%)ii.The inverse of the percentage increase/decrease between the previousfiscal year and the current fiscal year in the number of unemployed persons in the “management, professional, and related occupationscategory” of BLS data (50%). b.The most the cap can increase/decrease by each year is 10,000 visas.•We prevent H-1B workers from undercutting the wages paid to American workers byrequiring employers to pay significantly higher wages for H-1B workers than under currentlaw (and to first advertise the jobs to American workers at this higher wage before hiring anH-1B worker).10
•We will provide spouses of H-1B workers with work authorization if the sending country of the worker provides reciprocal treatment to spouses of U.S. workers.•We will establish a 60-day transition period for H-1B workers to change jobs.•We will provide dual intent visas for all students who come here on bachelor’s degree programs or above.•We crack down on abusers of the H-1B system by requiring “H-1B dependent employers” to pay significantly higher wages and fees than normal users of the program.•If the employer has 50 or more employees, and more than 30% but less than 50% are H-1B or L-1 employees (who do not have a green card petition pending), the employer must pay a $5,000 fee per additional worker in either of these two statuses.•If the employer has 50 or more employees, and more than 50% are H-1B or L-1employees (who do not have a green card petition pending), the employer must pay a$10,000 fee per additional worker in either of these two statuses.•We will also crack down on the use of the H-1B and L visas to outsource American jobs by prohibiting companies whose U.S. workforce largely consists of foreign guestworkersfrom obtaining additional H-1B and L visas.•In Fiscal Year 2014, companies will be banned from bringing in any additional workers if more than 75% of their workers are H-1B or L-1 employees.•In Fiscal Year 2015, the ban applies to companies if more than 65% of their workforceare H-1B and L-1 workers. In Fiscal Year 2016, the ban moves to 50%•We require recruiting of American workers prior to hiring an H-1B nonimmigrant. TheSecretary of Labor must establish a searchable website for posting H1B positions. The sitemust be operational and online within 90 days of the passage of the new law. We requireemployers to post a detailed job opening on the Department of Labor's website for at least 30calendar days before hiring an H1B applicant to fill that position.•We bar employers from recruiting or giving preference to H-1B or OPT workers over American workers.11
•We establish significant new authorities and penalties to prevent, detect, and deter fraud andabuse of the H-1B and L-1 visa systems by fraudulent employers.

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