In a market economy higher skills are rewarded with higher pay. We must also deal with fraud. The bill combats fraud with a number of provisions. Numerous H-1B petitions are filed by questionable companies that have few, if any, assets. Second, allowing aliens to substitute work experience for a degree is eliminated.
Current provisions encourage overstated and specious claims as to work experience.
Assuring that H-1B professionals have college degrees will assure that only well qualified professionals come here to work. Third, when an alien applies for an H-1B visa based on a degree from an educational institution outside of the United States, it must be verified by a consular office located in the country where the degree was granted. The funds will be earmarked for anti-fraud work and split evenly between the INS and the State Department. It would also provide funding to pay for deportations of aliens who were admitted to the country based on a fraudulent H-1B application. Privacy Policy Copyright 1998-2001 David Carney, dba Tech Law Journal.