US court seeks joint status report on H4 visas
An H-4 visa is issued by USCUS to immediate family members of the H-1B visa holders, most of whom are Indian IT professionals.
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WASHINGTON: A US court has asked for a joint status report on the prospects of work authorisation for H4 visas, in view of the decision of the Biden Administration to withdraw the move of Trump-era to rescind work authorisation to certain categories of spouses of foreign professional on H-1B visa.
Judge Tanya S Chutkan has asked for the joint status report by March 5.
US Court Seeks Joint Status Report On H4 visas By March
An H-4 visa is issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services to immediate family members of the H-1B visa holders Representational image Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-09T10:29:50+05:30 US Court Seeks Joint Status Report On H4 visas By March outlookindia.com 2021-02-09T10:32:14+05:30
In view of the decision by the Biden Administration to withdraw the H-1 B visa, a US court has asked for a joint status report on the prospects of work authorisation for H4 visas.
Earlier, Trump administration proposed to rescind work authorisation to certain categories of spouses of foreign professional on H-1B visa.
US Court Seeks Status Report On Visas To Family Members Of H1-B Holders US Court Seeks Status Report On Visas To Family Members Of H1-B Holders An H-4 visa is issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 years of age) of the H-1B visa holders, most of whom are Indian IT professionals.
Updated: February 09, 2021 1:43 pm IST
A US court has asked for a joint status report on the prospects of work authorisation for H4 visas.
A US court has asked for a joint status report by March 4 on the prospects of work authorisation for H-4 visas, in view of the decision of the Biden administration to withdraw a Trump-era move to rescind work authorisation to certain categories of spouses of foreign professionals on H-1B visa.
An H-4 visa is issued by the USCIS to immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 years of age) of the H-1B visa holders, most of whom are Indian IT professionals.
The measure had been brought in during the Barack Obama presidency in 2015.
The previous Donald Trump administration had proposed to revoke it as part of his anti-immigration policy. The latest move is expected to provide relief to more than 100,000 Indian nationals who had moved to the United States along with their spouses for work.
The rule allows qualied spouses of H-1B visa holders to contribute to the US economy.
Over 90% of the 100,000-odd H-4 EAD holders are Indians, and over 93% of them are women.
Advocacy groups had pointed out that if the work authorisation had been rescinded, it would have led to several thousand people moving back to India.