H1-B relief? USCIS says some visa holders may not need to leave US for Green Card process

Thousands of H1-B visa holders in US may no longer be automatically required to leave the country while applying for permanent residency, after US immigration authorities issued a clarification on a controversial new policy introduced by the Trump administration.The clarification came days after the Trump administration released a major policy memo that narrowed the circumstances …

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US sees 38% drop in H-1B visa applications, claims days of abuse over

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The Trump administration on Thursday said H-1B visa applications had fallen sharply this year following sweeping changes to the work visa allocation system, declaring that “the days of abusing the programme with mass, low-wage registrations are over.” According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the number of properly submitted registrations dropped 38.5% year-on-year …

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