Allow H-4 visa member to work legally | The White House.
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Allow H-4 visa member to work legally
Many talented H-1B beneficiaries choose not to stay in the U.S. because their H-4 spouses cannot work. We suggest that USCIS include the spouses as part of those non-resident aliens who can work incident to status by regulation. This would be a quick and easy way to ameliorate the severe hardship experienced by H-1B families.
Through administrative re-interpretation, USCIS could allow the spouses to obtain extensions of H-1B status, so they can past the normal six-year limit without having their own labor certification. Under this interpretation, the H-1B husband who does not have his own labor certification can still use his wife’s labor certification on a derivative basis to file for an H-1B extension.
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This is a bad idea as the H4 visa holders will swell the workforce and exacerbate the unemployment of citizens. In fact, the H-1B visa should be scrapped for any job where the earning is under $120,000, and all sub contracting of H-1B should be banned.
Karlene, I came to this country because I couldn’t realize the fullest of my potential, educational wise, where I was. I am only looking to do something good here. I’m not here to stay. As I see it, this proposition may actually add more “brains” into this country and not another (not to say that the US doesn’t have any, it’s just that this is a big country with huge industries). And when the H-1B holders leave, they might be back to invest here. This is about keeping good relations.