Thread: H.R.1044 includes more visas for Chinese employees

Summary: H.R.1044 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)All Information (Except Text)


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Introduced in House (02/07/2019)

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019

This bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas. It also removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China.

The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY2020-FY2022, by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability),
EB-3 (skilled and other workers),
and EB-5 (investors) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas. Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85% shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-...p+Act%22%5D%7D

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