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Landmark Immigration Bill to Increase H1B Visa and Employment Green Card

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Update: Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amended Immigration Bill on May 21.

On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a landmark 1000-page long immigration bill that would bolster border security, legalize undocumented immigrants and substantially increase the number of H-1B Visa and employment based green card. 


The outline of the bill is available on myvisajobs.com document section and immigration blog. . Following are some highlights related to H-1B Visa and employment green card. 



  • H-1B Visas full outline on H1B Visa

    • Increase H-1B base cap from 65,000 to 110,000, can go as high as 180,000

    • Increase 20,000 exemption for U.S. advanced degree holders to be 25,000

    • Employers must pay significantly higher wages for H-1B workers than under current law

    • Spouses of H-1B workers(H-4 Visa holders) might get work authorization

    • Dual intent visas for all students who come here on bachelor's degree programs or above



  • Green Cards full outline on employment green card

    • Merit based visa will award green card based on education, skills and employment

    • Startup visa for foreign entrepreneurs

    • Repeal Diversity Visa Program(Green Card Lottery)

    • Repeal F4 green card category for brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens

    • Exempts the following categories from the annual numerical limits on employment-based immigrants:

      • derivative beneficiaries of employment-based immigrants

      • aliens of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education,business or athletics

      • outstanding professors and researchers

      • multinational executives and managers

      • doctoral degree holders in STEM field

      • physicians who have completed the foreign residency requirements or have received a waiver






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Immigration Bill, H-1B Visa, Green Card