H-1B Visa Overhaul From January 17: What It Means For Indian Professionals
The United States is introducing significant changes to its H-1B visa programme starting Friday, January 17. The updated regulations, to allow highly skilled workers to stay in the US based on their employment status, form one of the final immigration policy reforms under the outgoing President Joe Biden administration.
The H-1B visa programme, which has been instrumental in attracting global talent, will undergo a series of updates designed to modernise its framework and address current issues.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stated on its website, "The H-1B final rule modernizes the H-1B program by streamlining the approval process, increasing its flexibility to allow better employers to retain talented workers, and improving the integrity and oversight of the program."
