Plans to raise the wages of H-1B professional foreign workers and employment-based green cards are indefinitely postponed, per the Biden administration, among other updates. The administration reconfirmed that proposed reforms to the H-1B visa program will be announced by the end of the year. New regulations allowing Form I-9 documents to be reviewed virtually and increases in filing fees for immigration-related matters are also pushed back, among other updates. See below for more updates on employment-based visas.
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced raising prevailing wage rates or H-1B and PERM programs have moved to the long-term agenda of the agency. Historically, this is the first move when a proposal is being permanently shelved.
The Trump administration issued a final rule raising wages for H-1B visas and employment-based green card holders to take effect in November 2022. A federal judge vacated the rule. The Biden administration considered supporting the proposal but has now removed it from the DOL agenda.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) continues to support amending some aspects of the H-1B visa program, originally proposed by the Trump administration. The updated proposal is scheduled to be published in December 2023. Per USCIS, the proposal includes:
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