Joe Biden's H-1B visa plans to benefit Indians.
                     Joe Biden's H-1B 
visa plans to benefit 
Indians
INTRODUCTION
• The Biden’s administration is 
expected to reverse some of the 
decisions of the outgoing Trump 
rule, including that of the H-1B. 
• Thousands of Indian professionals 
will be benefitted if the new rule 
plans to increase the number of 
high-skilled visas.
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
NEW VISA CATEGORY 
• The Biden administration plans to 
create a new visa category to allow 
cities and counties to petition for 
higher levels of immigrants to 
support their growth.
Source: 
economictimes.com
TEMPORARY VISAS 
• According to a policy document 
issued by the Biden campaign high 
skilled temporary visas should not 
be used to disincentivize recruiting 
workers already in the US for in-
demand occupations. 
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
REFORM TEMPORARY VISAS 
• Biden will work with Congress to 
first reform temporary visas to 
establish a wage-based allocation 
process and establish enforcement 
mechanisms to ensure they are 
aligned with the labor market and 
not used to undermine wages. 
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
HIGH-SKILLED VISAS 
• Biden will support expanding the 
number of high-skilled visas and 
eliminating the limits on 
employment-based visas by country, 
which create unacceptably long 
backlogs.
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES 
• Technology companies depend on 
H-1B visas that allows them to hire 
tens of thousands of employees each 
year from countries like India and 
China.
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
GRADUATES OF PHD PROGRAMS 
• Biden will exempt from any cap 
recent graduates of PhD programs 
in STEM (science, technology, 
engineering and math) fields in the 
US who are poised to make some of 
the most important contributions to 
the world economy.
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISAS
• Employment-based visas, also 
known as green cards, allow 
migrants to gain lawful permanent 
residence in the US in order to 
engage in skilled work.
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
H1B VISA 
• Currently the number of 
employment-based visas including 
H1B is capped at 140,000 a year. 
• The Biden government will increase 
the number of visas awarded for 
permanent and employment-based 
immigration. 
• The demand for H1B visa saw a 
slump, and but the upcoming 
modifications will change the 
scenario. 
Source: 
newindianexpress.com
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