参议员 Chuck Grassley和Dick Durbin发表法案推动H1B和L1改革！！下猛药打击外包公司
参议员Chuck Grassley和Dick Durbin昨天发表了一个法案来推动H1B和L1A签证的改革。其中提到了一个分配H1B配额的新办法，这个配额的办法对STEM专业的留学生极其有利。
另外，法案如果得以实施将会对印度的外包公司以致命的打击，目前H1B很大一部分的名额都被印度外包公司通过大量提交申请的手段占据了，昨天纽约时报发文分析了这一情况nytimes.com。
法案中有利于抑制印度外包公司的几条规定：第一、超过50个员工的雇主不允许拥有超过50%的H1B和L1雇员；
第二、要求H1B雇员必须有实际的bachelor degree, 不再允许用工作经验来代替degree;
第三、H1B雇员不允许被外派到其他公司（除非能拿到豁免）。
虽然法案不一定能通过，通过了在短期内可能也不会立即实施，但是可以看到国会已经注意到了现在H1B系统的漏洞并且在积极的进行改革，相信对以后的中国留学生会有一个非常好的影响。
法案主要内容如下：
（归纳来自immigration girl)
1. require H-1B employers to offer wages at a minimum of level 2
2. require an employer to post a position on a newly created internet website for at least 30 days before filing a petition
3. require an employer to confirm that it will not displace a US worker with an H-1B worker
4. require an employer to confirm that it has not advertised that the position is only available to H-1B workers or that H-1B workers will be given preference in the hiring process
5. specify that an employer with more than 50 employees cannot have more than 50% of its workers on H-1B or L-1 visas (and an employer cannot restructure its organization to avoid this limitation)
6. require an employer to submit previous H-1B workers’ W-2 forms
7. strengthen LCA enforcement provisions
8. give preference in the H-1B cap to the following types of petitions in the following order:
- H-1B petitions filed on behalf of individuals who have earned a US masters or higher degree in STEM from an accredited institution
- H-1B petitions offering level 4 wages
- H-1B petitions filed on behalf of individuals who have earned a US masters or higher degree in a non-STEM field from an accredited institution
- H-1B petitions offering level 3 wages
- H-1B petitions filed on behalf of F-1 students with US bachelors degrees in STEM
- H-1B petitions filed on behalf of F-1 students with US bachelors degrees in a non-STEM field
- H-1B petitions for Schedule A occupations
- H-1B petitions filed by employers who are “good corporate citizens” and in compliance with the immigration laws
9. no longer allow experience to count towards meeting a bachelor’s degree
10. require a fee for filing an LCA
11. limit the period of stay to 3 years instead of 6 (unless the H-1B worker has an approved I-140 petition)
12. not allow an H-1B worker to be outsourced to another company unless a waiver has been granted
13. require an employer to share immigration documents with the employee within 21 business days of written request