The Senate held a hearing on February 25, 2016 on the H-1B high skilled worker program just as employers around the United States are preparing to file for foreign nationals to fill key roles on a temporary basis.<\/p>\n
The H-1B program permits a U.S. employer to file for a foreign national to temporarily fill a position in the United States provided the position requires at minimum a bachelor\u2019s degree, and the United states Citizenship and Immigration Service (\u201cUSCIS\u201d) deems the position to be professional.\u00a0 There are other requirements, too, including an employer representation certified by the Department of Labor that the employer will pay prevailing or actual wages to the foreign worker as it does to U.S. workers in the area of intended employment, or to its other, similarly situated workers.<\/p>\n
The statute caps H-1B visa numbers at 65,000 each fiscal year, and provides an additional 20,000 visas solely for U.S. earned masters (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Senate held a hearing on February 25, 2016 on the H-1B high skilled worker program just as employers around the United States are preparing to file for foreign nationals to fill key roles on a temporary basis. The H-1B…<\/span><\/p>\n