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发帖数: 313 | 1 High-Skilled Immigration
Shortly after the Presidential address, Secretary Johnson issued a
memorandum to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and
the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, instructing
them to take actions to improve policies related to high-skilled businesses
and workers. Specifically, the Secretary wrote that:
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Green Cards
USCIS should work with the Department of State to ensure that all immigrant
visas authorized by Congress are issued to eligible individuals when there
is sufficient demand for such visas (i.e. that immigrant visas do not go
unused in the future).
USCIS should work with the Department of State to improve the system for
determining when immigrant visas are available to applicants during the
fiscal year. The Secretary wrote that the Department of State has agreed to
modify its visa bulletin system to more simply and reliably make such
determinations. These changes could, when implemented, result in advancement
of green card priority dates.
USCIS should consider amending its regulations to ensure that approved, long
-standing visa petitions remain valid in certain cases where they seek to
change jobs or employers.
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Foreign Graduates
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and USCIS should develop
regulations for notice and comment to expand the degree programs eligible
for OPT and extend the time period and use of OPT for foreign STEM students
and graduates, consistent with law.
ICE and USCIS should improve the OPT program by requiring stronger ties to
degree-granting institutions, which would better ensure that a student's
practical training furthers the student's full course of study in the United
States.
ICE and USCIS should take steps to ensure that OPT employment is consistent
with U.S. labor market protections to safeguard the interests of U.S.
workers in related fields. | c***1
发帖数: 652 | | o*******4
发帖数: 313 | 3 Entrepreneurs
USCIS should issue guidance or regulations to clarify the standard by which
a national interest waiver can be granted, with the aim of promoting its
greater use for the benefit of the U.S economy.
USCIS should propose a program that will permit DHS to grant parole status,
on a case-by-case basis, to inventors, researchers, and founders of start-up
enterprises who may not yet qualify for a national interest waiver, but who
have been awarded substantial U.S. investor financing or otherwise hold the
promise of innovation and job creation through the development of new
technologies or the pursuit of cutting edge research.
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L-1 Policy Guidance
USCIS should issue a policy memorandum that provides clear, consolidated
guidance on the meaning of "specialized knowledge."
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Portability for Adjustment Applicants
USCIS should issue a policy memorandum that provides additional agency
guidance with respect to the types of job changes that constitute a "same or
similar" job under the portability provisions of AC21.
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The White House has also stated informally that other changes to the
employment-based immigration system are under consideration, including:
Finalizing the regulation that would allow H-4 spouses who are in the green
card process to obtain work authorization.
Clarifying which employers are exempt from the H-1B cap.
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The Department of Labor also issued a Fact Sheet indicating that it will be
initiating a review of the PERM program and relevant regulations. The
Department will seek input on the following:
Options for identifying labor force occupational shortages and surpluses and
methods for aligning domestic worker recruitment requirements with
demonstrated shortages and surpluses.
Methods and practices designed to modernize U.S. worker recruitment
requirements.
Processes to clarify employer obligations to insure PERM positions are fully
open to U.S. workers.
Ranges of case processing timeframes and possibilities for premium
processing.
Application submission and review process and feasibility for efficiently
addressing nonmaterial errors. | o*******4
发帖数: 313 | 4 At this time, the White House and the Department of Homeland Security have
offered few details regarding the initiatives that may affect foreign
graduates of U.S. universities and high-skilled workers. In particular, the
government has provided no timeline for implementation or any prioritization
of the numerous initiatives. While some of the concepts could be
implemented via policy guidance within a few months, others may require
rulemaking that could push implementation into 2016. | p********y
发帖数: 5044 | 5 re就是抄的原文
估计楼主没看过原文
【在 c***1 的大作中提到】
: 这难道不是照抄memo原文，没看到他的发挥啊
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