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House Version CIR "STRIVE ACT" and EB-Based Immigration Reform
* This bill is scheduled to be introduced in the House shortly. Pending the introduction, some organizations were successful in obtaining advance copy of the bill and released the summaries.
* As for the Employment-Based Immigration Reform, it appears that the key provisions include:
o Total EB Annual Quota: 290,000
o Recapture of Unused Number for the future years
o Groups Exempt from the Numerical Limitation
+ EB Spouses and Children whose visas are issued after 10/01/2004 upto the annual maximum of 800,000.
+ Certain Professionals including Extraordinary Ability in the Sciences, Arts, Business, and Other Critical Fields
+ Foreign Students with an Advanced Degree in STEM from a U.S. Institutions or Foreign Institutions
o H-1B Exempt from the Annual Caps
+ Those with Advanced Degree in STEM from a U.S. Institutions or Foreign Institutions
o H-1B Quota Increase: 115,000with a flexible market based annual adjustment upto 180,000/year
o U.S. STEM Degree Holders: New visa classification and Labor Certificatioin Waiver Immigration upon receiving a job offer in the U.S.
* As soon as the copy is made available, we will summarize and post it.
From: http://www.immigration-law.com/Archive XIV.html
* This bill is scheduled to be introduced in the House shortly. Pending the introduction, some organizations were successful in obtaining advance copy of the bill and released the summaries.
* As for the Employment-Based Immigration Reform, it appears that the key provisions include:
o Total EB Annual Quota: 290,000
o Recapture of Unused Number for the future years
o Groups Exempt from the Numerical Limitation
+ EB Spouses and Children whose visas are issued after 10/01/2004 upto the annual maximum of 800,000.
+ Certain Professionals including Extraordinary Ability in the Sciences, Arts, Business, and Other Critical Fields
+ Foreign Students with an Advanced Degree in STEM from a U.S. Institutions or Foreign Institutions
o H-1B Exempt from the Annual Caps
+ Those with Advanced Degree in STEM from a U.S. Institutions or Foreign Institutions
o H-1B Quota Increase: 115,000with a flexible market based annual adjustment upto 180,000/year
o U.S. STEM Degree Holders: New visa classification and Labor Certificatioin Waiver Immigration upon receiving a job offer in the U.S.
* As soon as the copy is made available, we will summarize and post it.
From: http://www.immigration-law.com/Archive XIV.html
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