The US government and the White House are working together on a plan to help families of H-1B visa holders. They announced a deal called the National Security Agreement on Sunday. This plan allows about 100,000 H-4 visa holders (spouses and kids of certain H-1B visa holders) to work easily.
The agreement also helps about 250,000 children of H-1B visa holders who were at risk. This is especially good for Indian tech workers waiting a long time for Green Cards. Without a Green Card, their spouses can’t work, and their kids could face deportation as they get older during the process.
President Joe Biden says we need to change immigration rules for better security, fairness, and keeping legal immigration.
The new law protects kids of long-term H-1B visa holders, so they won’t age out if they’ve kept H4 status for eight years. And the law adds 18,000 work-related green cards every year for the next five years, with certain limits on each country. This means the US will give out 158,000 work-related green cards each year for the next five years.
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