Daily Current Affairs Article 11th January 2021: US President Donald Trump’s administration has once again amended its H-1B visa regime to give priority to higher wages and skills instead of the prevailing lottery system for selection of candidates looking to work in the country.
The new wage-based work visa regime will now give priority in selection of visas to applications of those employers where the “proffered wage equals or exceeds” the prevailing level in that area of employment.
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The proffered wage is the wage that the employer intends to pay the beneficiary.
This will be done for both the 65,000 regular visas and the 20,000 advanced degree exemption visas.
This regime will also take into account the skill set that the respective worker brings to the country and cross check it whether such skill set is available at the same cost among the US workers.
