What about H1B VISA FOR DOCTORS - drmuthurd

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Now my wife can’t get a visa..http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/15/technology/h1b-visa-spouses-h4-trump/index.html

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CNNMoney) - The Trump administration plans to make it illegal for the spouses of thousands of immigrant workers to get jobs in the U.S.

Since 2015, the spouses of H-1B visa holders waiting for green cards have been eligible to work in the U.S. on H-4 dependent visas, thanks to a rule introduced by President Obama. Many H-1B visa holders are highly skilled, working in the tech sector.

But in a statement Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said it intends to do away with that rule.

The department didn't explain its reasons, saying only it was acting "in light of" the "Buy American, Hire American" executive order that President Trump signed in April.

That order called for the H-1B visa program for skilled workers to be reviewed with the aim of reforming it.

As well as dropping the rule allowing spouses to work, the Department of Homeland Security statement mentioned plans for other changes to the H-1B visa program. They include revising the definition of what occupations are eligible for the program "to increase focus on truly obtaining the best and brightest foreign nationals."

The Obama-era rule allowing spouses to work already faces a legal challenge. A group called Save Jobs USA filed a lawsuit in April 2015 arguing that it threatens American jobs.

It has continued to press the case following Trump's election, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said in the past that the H-4 rule "hurts American workers."

The Trump administration's plans to overhaul the H-1B program has caused particular alarm in India, which accounts for 70% of all H-1B workers.

The H-1B is a common visa route for highly skilled foreigners to find work at companies in the U.S. It's valid for three years, and can be renewed for another three years.

It's a program that's particularly popular in the tech community, with many talented engineers vying for one of the program's 85,000 visas each year.

In October, the government said it was toughening up the process for renewing the visa. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services instructed its officers to review requests for renewal as thoroughly as they would initial visa applications.

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A lot of people got their visas through marriage. He’s ending it now . Why? It’s tough to raise kids with one parent
https://qz.com/1157816/h-4-visas-in-us-s...-proposal/

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is instituting new requirements for the 38 countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program

This is nerve wrecking.. iv for visa will be hard

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/worl...955040001/

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But there are other ways to make chances for getting H-1B visa right http://www.visapro.com/resources/article...a-lottery/

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I agree kavya. That’s why I applied this year but next Jan they’ll change it.
Watched the news today and dhs made an announcement

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My wife and kids will have a hard time too. I guess hope for the best

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Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Announces Targeted Security Enhancements To The Visa Waiver Program

Release Date: December 15, 2017
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010

DHS Continues to Raise Security Standards Across the Board

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State and other federal agencies, is taking action to further strengthen the already robust national security and immigration enforcement elements of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). These enhancements include requiring VWP countries to use counterterrorism information to better screen travelers, assessing VWP countries to ensure they implement safeguards against the aviation sector, and requiring certain VWP countries to initiate public information campaigns to reduce overstay

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That’s from their website. But I can’t get worried. Good luck

Trying to apply is hard. We will see what happens

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People here need jobs is not a good reason to take people who are less qualified. There is a reason USA takes IMGs. USA wants bright brains from all over the world. That's why instead of taking 30 thousand students in American Medical Schools, they take 20 thousand and bring the rest from outside. Now, someone marries to get US immigration (there are lot like that), performs poorly in exams, does not work hard and demand that they should be taken instead of hardworking visa seekers is pathetic. They are nothing but opportunists who are using human relationships (marriage) for their careers. This should be stopped. And those who are born, raised here and went to school outside US also should not be given any privilege. They could not compete with US students to get into medical school. Now, they want to avoid competition with the internationals. Internationals who got much less opportunities and utilized it with hard work.
IMGs should all be considered equal irrespective of visa status. Those who can not compete will not get accepted. That will be the stimulus for hard work. They will try again and get it later. Otherwise, undergraduate students in USA will have the option in mind that if they can not get into medical school, they will go to some international medical school and get the advantage of being citizens/green card holders.
If anything has to be changed is to increase the number of AMGs. That way only the best from USA will go to medical schools. Instead of 20 thousand medical students, USA will take 30 thousand students. There will be no term called IMGs. The classification of US/non-US IMG does not make any sense to me. It is not helping the people (patients).