source: www.pspalaw.com
It was a delightful moment for the Indian American residents when the proposal of forceful deportation of H-1B visa holders has been dropped by the Trump Administration on January 8. Chief of Media Relations at US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Jonathan Withington remarked that USCIS was not initiating for a regulatory change that would force H-1B visa holders to leave the United States by changing their interpretation of section 104(c) of AC-21 that provided for H-1B extensions beyond the limitation of 6 years. In case it would become like this, such a massive change would not likely to result that H-1B visa holders would have to leave the United States because employers would be capable of requesting extensions in one-year increments below section 106(a)-(b) of AC21 in its place.
The further added that the organization was aiming to prepare some policies and few regulatory changes in order to accomplish the President’s Buy American, Hire American Executive Order, counting a methodical check of service based visa programs in future. The latest announcement came to the Indian American H-1B holders as a major relief as they wear assuming a sudden announcement of deportation in case the administration grants the proposal.
An advocacy group named Immigration Voice has initiated campaigning for a better future for H-1B workers, and they were the first to flag the expansion. They remarked that they were ecstatic to share this delightful news. The official Facebook page of Immigration Voice wrote on its latest status that USCIS promised to take back the policy to deny all H-1B visas for 6 years based on section 104. It was indeed good news and they were grateful to USCIS for making the accurate decision.
