Senate Judiciary Committee has approved H-1B cap increase by 30,000 per year. However, other sources reported that the Committee had approved at today's hearing the following immigration bills:
Included in the measure approved today are the following specifics:
http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html
http://www.shusterman.com/
Included in the measure approved today are the following specifics:
- "Recapture" employment-based (green card) immigrant visa numbers that were available by statute but unused in previous years due to processing backlogs, and make them available again at a rate of up to 90,000 per year;
- Only employment-based immigrants, and not their spouses and children, would count toward the annual limit on employment-based immigration;
- "Recapture" H-1B visa numbers that were available by statute but unused in previous years, and make them available again at a rate of up to 30,000 per year.
http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html
http://www.shusterman.com/