A significant campaign has begun by the prominent US Chambers of Commerce to tackle the scarcity of qualified and professional workers in America, which includes urging the administration and Congress of Biden to double H-1B visas and eliminate the per-country quota for the green card.
The U.S. Chambers of Commerce has expressed concern that the shortage of skilled human resources in the superpower America is continuing to worsen. The need for a professional workforce in the country is growing exponentially.
The U.S. Chambers of Commerce has appealed to Joe Biden and the government and Congress to take immediate action to address the shortage. It suggested doubling the number of H-1B visas to allow foreign professionals to be onboard.
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The most popular H-1B visit is a non-immigrant visa, which allows U.S. companies to employ foreign employees with theoretical or technical competence in specialist professions. It is up to technology corporations to recruit tens of thousands of personnel from nations such as India and China annually.
Suzanne Clark, president of the U.S. Chambers of Commerce, said the economy would suffer if not enough professionals were available. Also, this evolution will become an obstacle to the creation of new jobs.
She said that only 1,40,000 H1-B Visas were being issued for employment-based visas and appealed for an increase to 2,80,000.
The U.S. Chamber is asking on the Americas Works Agenda to double the employment visas cap, to multiply the quota of H-1Bs and H-2Bs, and to undertake additional legal immigration changes to enable employers to satisfy the demand for high-demand occupations in labour restricted sectors.
It also calls for more federal investment in job-based education and training programs for employers and for increased access by working parents to childcare.
Clark said, “We must arm workers with the skills they need, we must remove barriers that are keeping too many Americans on the sidelines, and we must recruit the very best from around the world to help fill high-demand jobs.”
The US Chambers urged to “Eliminate the Per-Country Caps that punish individuals from certain countries with arbitrarily longer wait times, and when done in combination with expanding the annual quota, will avoid the creation of several new backlogs within the system,”
It advised the Biden administration to offer additional options to international students of US colleges for job-based green cards after graduation. It also urged entrepreneurs to increase their chances for a permanent stay to create enterprises in the United States.
The USA Chambers also calls on the government to restart standard visa processing appropriately at consulates worldwide so that companies can get their employees and retain them without any significant commercial impact.
It also aims to enhance the access of non-seasonal agricultural enterprises, including milk and livestock producers, to H-2A agricultural workers’ visas and to ensure that the program fits the future requirements of American agriculture.
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