In a fresh jolt to the H-1B visa aspirants, to US Congressmen Republican Darrell Issa and Democrat Scott Peters reintroduced a bill in the Congress to prevent the use of H-1B visas.
The latest move is part of the world’s super power’s constant battle against outsourcing of American jobs to foreign workers, especially from the Indian IT industry in the watch of President elect Donald Trump, who had initiated the ‘Protect and Grow American Jobs Act’ mission during his election campaign.
If the bill is passed, workers possessing an H-1B visa would have to pay a minimum of $100,000, up from $60,000 currently. The bill will also remove the Master’s degree exemption to the cap on the number of visas available.
The same bill was introduced by Darrell Issa in July last year but it had failed to pass. Another bill introduced by a US Congresswoman regulates the use of the H-1B visas and issue limited work permits rather than the existing lottery system.