Recently, the American immigration circle and workplace circle have completely blown up!
On September 19th, local time, the White House suddenly issued the new H-1B visa regulations, which directly panicked many foreign employees and international students who were preparing to return to the United States.
Even with the return US ticket price to sit on the "rocket", many companies are more urgent to stop their own employees from leaving the country.
What exactly is this?
Below, the earth for you to read!
$100,000 "admission fee", H-1B visa becomes "luxury"
The announcement released by the White House, the core content can be “heavyweight bomb”!
Employers who want to apply for a H-1B visa to foreigners outside the United States must first bring out the proof of payment of $100,000 and must be properly kept, without this step, foreigners will not be able to enter.
You know, although there was an application cost for H-1B visa before, it was far from this magnitude. $100,000 is equivalent to the salary of many ordinary foreign employees for half a year, which suddenly raised the threshold to the "luxury" level.
Someone might ask, what is a H-1B visa?
Simply put, it is a U.S. work visa for foreign professional and technical talents, such as IT engineers, financial analysts, researchers, etc., many of whom work legally in the U.S.
After graduating, many Chinese students will apply for H-1B jobs in the United States through their employers, and companies are willing to use this visa to attract global talent.
But now this $100,000 request directly poses a problem for both employers and applicants.
The price of air tickets back to the United States is "heaven", and some people regret not buying them a week ago
Once the new rules came out, the most intuitive impact first struck on the flight ticket.
Many of the foreign employees and students who originally planned to return to the United States from China, India and other countries recently, fear that they will not catch up with the old policy's "last bus", or fear that subsequent entry will be more difficult, have stuck to book recent return flights to the United States.
A travel platform data showed that within 24 hours after the announcement, Beijing Flight New York, Shanghai Flight Los Angeles economy class ticket prices rose by 30%, some popular dates of direct flights, economy class ticket prices even broke 20 thousand yuan, business class is sold to more than 50 thousand yuan.
"A week ago to see Beijing Flight Chicago airline tickets only more than 8000, thinking of waiting for the visa materials to confirm, the result of the new regulation comes out, directly up to 15,000, there are only the last two!" in some Internet company, Ms. Lee spotted, she originally planned to return to the U.S. at the beginning of October, now or spend almost twice the money to buy tickets, or have to negotiate with the company time to enter, don't worry.
Enterprises are so anxious to "stop people", fearing that employees will not be able to come back if they go out
Compared with the anxiety of employees, enterprises are as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
Many U.S. technology companies and financial institutions have branches in China and India, and many foreign employees need to return to the U.S. regularly.
The new rules now require employers to pay $100,000 first, not only increasing business costs, but more importantly, the process becomes more complex and approval times may be extended.
"We just asked two engineers to go to the Indian branch for support last week. Now we are quickly sending a notice to tell them not to think about returning to the United States for the time being. They should first connect their work locally and wait until the policy is clear."
Ms. Wang, the head of HR in China of a Silicon Valley technology company, revealed that the company is afraid that after employees leave the country now, they will not be able to come back because their visa applications are stuck, which will affect the progress of the project, so they can only temporarily adjust their personnel arrangements.
Many enterprises have begun to consult immigration lawyers urgently, trying to find out how to prepare the $100,000 certificate and whether they can find policy loopholes. But at present, the White House's new regulations seem to be quite strict.
International Students and Foreign Workers: Where to Go in the Future?
The most injured are those students who are preparing to work through H-1B.
“I graduated next year, had already talked with a accounting firm, and after graduation helped me apply for H-1B, now the $100,000 demand, will the company not regret?”
While working in the United States for years, foreign workers are also worried about the expiration of the visa, and if the employer is unwilling to bear the $100,000, will they be forced to leave the United States?
At present, many immigration organizations have begun to speak out, believing that this policy will cause the United States to lose a large number of outstanding foreign talents. After all, the threshold of $100,000 will shut out many small and medium-sized enterprises and ordinary job seekers.
But there are no signs of relentlessness from the White House for the time being, and the H-1B visa-induced “wave of wind” is likely to last for a while.
For those who plan to work and study in the United States, the most necessary thing to do now is to pay close attention to policy changes, make alternatives in advance, after all, not put all the eggs in one basket.
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