Originally Posted by
bvsamrat
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IMHO- No CIR will be successful and will not serve any purpose unless all or most of the following are implemented.Any temperory measures will improve situation for only 1-2 years and similar issues will crop up gain. (e) onwards these may be too much Utopic.
a) Tighten border security before passing laws to favor illegal immigration
b) Tighten H1B visa issuance and check each and every H1B visa regularly if the Visa applicant is working in same skill area/salary as per LCA. In case of any bench issue or salary non payment issue, take action immediately. but increase time duration so that H1B applicant can exit easily.
c) Check and verify PERM and skill category of job offered in GC is relevant to the major qualification of the applicable degree.
d) Any experience/qualification statement used for either H1B or I-140 should be strictly verified and any fraud statements should face civil and criminal action.
e) Categorize skill areas- Manufacturing/Health/services/IT etc. and provide EB quota based on previous statistics,requirement and any other criterion based
on research and long term projection (and not just immediate demand- which can be met by H1B anyway). Remove country quota and replace by skills quota, Research, publish and update lacking skills demand frequently. If a skilled surgeon with MS is eligible for Eb2 and if a consultant(worked in home
company and after transfer to a US company) being eligible for EB1, both cases should be reviewed and analyzed which will be more beneficial to US on long run. Salary cap alone need not be the criterion. Some special skills should be prioritized/promoted and utilized to train the locals in the same area.
f) If tax residence in USA for more than a fixed duration(5 years) should automatically offered GC. it is surprising that USA IRS can tax your world-wide
income but still would not consider you as a permanent resident!.
g)H1B renewal after 3 years should be reviewed with attention and this review should be enough for GC, without any need for separate PERM and I-140.Once again
h) if any specific sector is prone to misuse or found repeated misuse and receiving lot fo complaints, this sector should be given more specific attention and thorough investigation with severe penalties if found of wrong practices
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i) A legal tax resident in USA, should be able to obtain a re entry visa rather than going to home country and coming back
J) Citizenship should be offered to legal tax residents of more than 8 years, irrespective of GC
K) Remove category of sponsoring brother/sister etc. in FB.