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Friday, January 11, 2019

Donald Trump promises changes to H1-B visas, including potential citizenship Reuters|Updated: Jan 11, 2019, 07.34 PM IST

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H1-B holders in the US can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, " Trump said in a tweet. 


WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday said he is planning changes to H-1B visas, which are issued temporarily to highly educated immigrants so they can work in specialty occupations, that would create simplicity, certainty and a possibility that the workers could become U.S. citizens. 

"H1-B holders in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship. We want to encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the U.S.," Trump said in early morning tweet. Trump, a Republican, and Democrats in the U.S. Congress are at an impasse, as refuses to end the longest shutdown in federal government history until he secures $5.6 billion to build a wall along the country's southern border. 





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