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Immigration

Dec. 4, 2018

Proposed rule change may alter high-skilled visa distribution

A draft rule released Monday could be a sea change for how high-skilled visas are handed out and business immigration attorneys said it could take bite out of their practices, causing them to rethink long settled fee arrangements

A draft rule released Monday could be a sea change for how high-skilled worker visas are handed out and business immigration attorneys said it could take a bite out of their practices, causing them to rethink long settled fee arrangements.

The draft regulation would institute a short eligibility application to determine if H-1B high-skilled worker visa requests could be entered into a lottery with 85,000 visas available annually. It...

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