H1-B Bill introduced in the Senate
04/14/2008: Sen. Cornyn (TX) Introduced
Global Competitivess Act of 2008 in the Senate on 04/10/2008
- Last Thursday, Senator Cornyn
from Texas introduced this bill , S. 2839, which has been referred
for action to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The following is
the outlines of the bill as prepared by the Senator:
- H-2B Temporary Worker
Program
- Extends the H-2B Returning
Worker provisions for 3 fiscal years
- H-1B Temporary Worker
Program
- Recaptures 150,000 unused
H-1B visas which will be distributed over a 3 year period
- Imposes a H-1B recapture
fee of $1,500
- Increases H-1B visa levels
from 65,000 to 115,000 for fiscal years 2009 through 2011
- Increases the advanced degree
cap for H-1B workers with masters degrees or higher from 20k
to 30k for fiscal years 2009 to 2011
- Increases the H-1B petition
fee from $1,500 to $2,250
- Employment Based Visas
- Recaptures approximately
218,000 unused employment-based visas
- Distributes 61,000 of the
recaptured EB visas to nurses and physical therapists (and spouses
and children accompanying or following to join)
- Imposes an EB visa recapture
fee of $1,500
- Exempts health care facilities
in underserved areas from paying the additional EB recapture
fee
- Prohibitions on Outsourcing
and H-1B Only Recruiting
- Requires U.S. employers to
provide prospective H-1B applications with a copy of their approved
H-1B petition
- Requires all U.S. employers
to agree not to advertise the jobs solely to H-1B or indicate
that H-1B workers will be given priority
- Prohibits U.S. employers
from outsourcing the labor of an H-1B worker by requiring that
the alien work only at the worksite of the employer or its affiliates
and subsidiaries in the United States
- Bars U.S. employers who have
an employee total that includes more than 50% H-1B workers from
filing more than 1,000 H-1B petitions in a given fiscal year
- Sunsets advertising and outsourcing
provisions in 3 years
- Early Adjustment Provisions
- Authorizes aliens who are
seeking permanent employment-based visas to file for adjustment
of status early if the visa number availability date shown on
the State Department Visa bulletin is no more than 24 months
out from the date of filing
- Imposes an additional $500
fee for early adjustment filing
- Revises distribution of fees
to increase funding of STEM scholarship programs
- H and L Enforcement Provisions
- Authorizing DHS and DOL to
investigate H and L visa fraud
- Revising the conditions that
will result in finding a violation of the provisions of a labor
condition application
- Requires information and
document sharing between DHS and DOL for H and L fraud investigations
and noncompliance
- Increases frequencies of
H and L program audits
- Doubles the penalties for
violations of the labor condition application provisions
- Adds whistleblower protections
for L workers, including requiring back-pay for those harmed
by an employer violation
- Limits eligibility for L
intra-company transferee status for aliens working with start-up
companies
- Miscellaneous Provisions
- Extends E-Verify authorization
- Modifies the H and L fraud
account provisions to allow USCIS flexibility in terms of use
of funds for benefit fraud investigations
- Please stay tuned to this
webside for the development of this bill in the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
Do You think it's going to pass??
lets hope for the best...
since the fee is increased, may be. After all, capitalists are capitalists.
so far so good. Should pass.
Sooner the better, hope it wont pass after the lottery are done and the applications are returned
Hey Java Bro... Where u got this info? Do u have a website or link to back it up?
help will be real grt!!!
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