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01/11/2019 据今日美国报道 政府关门期间，总统川普周五发推称，他的政府将很快推出美国工作签证改革计划。与之前普遍推测的不同，川普暗示此次改革对于H-1B持有者来说可能是利好消息。  推文称：“在美国的H1-B持有者可以放心，很快就会发生变化，将简化手续并更具确定性，包括通往公民身份的潜在途径。”总统没有提供具体细节，但推文表明，新的政策变化可能会为外国技术工人留美工作提供更优惠的条件。 移民改革是川普的竞选承诺之一，他的政府官员一直在努力改革一系列移民政策，H-1B工作签证计划正是其中之一。川普政府一直主张严限移民，因此批评人士一直担忧他会对H-1B持有者动刀，限制留美工作的高技能工人数量。 在这条乐观的推文发布之前，川普政府曾威胁要提高申请H-1B签证的门槛，限制高技术移民，让包括许多硅谷大企业在内的商界人士深感沮丧，他们一直是扩大H-1B计划的有力支持者。 作为最受欢迎的短期工作签证类别，H-1B允许外国工人在美国境内从事专业工作，这项政策一直是移民辩论的热点，科技公司认为，应该将每年的名额扩大到每年85,000个以上，以便他们能够获得世界顶级人才，但批评者指出，许多雇主利用这项签证政策使得更便宜的外国工人取代美国人。 根据非营利研究组织美国政策基金会的报告，2017年，亚马逊、微软、英特尔和谷歌跻身于H-1B申请获批者的前十位的雇主之列。但川普于2017年4月签署行政令《买美国货雇美国人》，指示国土安全部只向“最熟练或收入最高的受益人”发放签证后，这些依赖于外国高技术人才的公司雇佣员工变得更加困难。 2018年11月，美国劳工部开始要求雇用H-1B的企业使用新的劳动条件申请表。批评者称，其目的是“从雇主那里获取内部信息”，同时对这些公司施加额外的外部压力。 但川普周五说“我们希望鼓励才华横溢、技术高超的人才能在美国寻求职业选择。”这表明他正在权衡可能对这些工人更有利的政策。其政府在去年12月提出了一项新规定，该规则将改变其颁发H1-B签证的方式，优先考虑具有高学位的外国人。但该提案并未增加H-1B签证数量。 与此同时，奥巴马时期批准的H-1B签证配偶——H4签证工作计划仍然前途未卜。川普政府曾多次表态要取消H4签证所有者的工作许可，但司法部目前仍在审核该政策。有消息称，他们将于今年年初宣布新政。 目前部分联邦部门仍处于停摆期间。白宫和国会无法就57亿美元的边境墙自己达成协议。政府关门也影响到了本来就工作积压严重的移民法庭，使数千名无证移民的庇护申请听证会推迟。 Published on Jan 11, 2019 According to a report by Reuters, on Friday, President Donald Trump announced planned changes to temporary H-1B visas, issued to highly educated immigrants working in specialty occupations like medicine or technology, including a potential pathway to US citizenship. Trump said in a Twitter post that H1-B visa folders, "in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship." Reuters reports that Trump has often emphasized his desires for an immigration system that favored educated or highly skilled people.  01/11/2019 By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he is planning changes to the H-1B program that grants temporarily visas to highly educated immigrants who work in specialty occupations such as technology or medicine. “H1-B (sic) holders in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship,” Trump said on Twitter. “We want to encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the U.S.” It was unclear what Trump meant by a “potential path to citizenship” for H-1B visa holders, who already are eligible to be sponsored by their employers for legal permanent residency, which would make them eligible to become U.S. citizens. The White House did not immediately comment on whether Trump was considering changes beyond those proposed in new rules issued in December by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Trump, a Republican, has embraced changes to the immigration system to favor educated or highly skilled people. Trump’s tweet on the visa program came amid his battle with congressional Democrats over spending legislation to fund the federal government. Trump wants to includes $5.6 billion for a wall along the border with Mexico, which he says will stem illegal immigration. Democrats call the proposed wall expensive, ineffective and immoral. The dispute has led to a partial shutdown of the U.S. government that is now in its 21st day. Trump, who has also sought to limit legal immigration, in April 2017 ordered a reform of the U.S. visa program to benefit educated and highly skilled workers. Competition is tough for the temporary visas, which require a bachelor’s degree. In 2018, the United States hit the limit on the number of H-1Bs it could issue, 65,000, by the first week of April, according to the Department of Homeland Security. U.S. companies often use H-1B visas to hire graduate-level workers in several specialized fields, including information technology, medicine, engineering and mathematics. When asked about Trump’s tweet, USCIS spokesman Michael Bars pointed to the administration’s proposed changes to the H-1B process, which are likely to become final later this year. The proposal is designed to increase the number of H-1B beneficiaries by 16 percent, or 5,340 more workers, who hold advanced degrees from American universities. It would also entail a new electronic registration system meant to streamline the application process. |    Principal,  Tel: (301)906-6889; (240)912-6290 Licensed in MD, VA, DC, PA WeChat ID: sunnychenyuqing NMLS # 1220187 President, Principal Loan Consultant, Leader Funding, Inc.  电话: (240) 784-6645 Rockville, MD Phone: 301-366-3497 |
