H-1B

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H-1B is the name of a non-immigration visa to the United States to employ specially qualified foreign workers, which allows US companies.

requirements

The work visa is issued to people who have completed a university degree that corresponds to at least a US bachelor's degree or who can demonstrate comparable performance, the equivalence of which has been confirmed in an expert opinion. A prerequisite for the issuance of an H-1B visa is a job confirmation issued by the US employer, whereby there is a connection between the job to be performed and the qualification and the salary must correspond to the local tariff.

Although the H-1B is a non-immigrant visa, unlike other non-immigrant visa categories (e.g. J-1 ), the visa holder's intention to immigrate (in the form of an application for a green card ) is legitimate ( dual intent ).

validity

An H-1B visa is initially valid for three years and can be extended once for another three years. Anyone who otherwise has not obtained another residence permit must have been outside the United States for at least one year before they can apply for another H-1B visa.

criticism

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The H-1B visas are criticized from two sides. From the point of view of the countries from which the visa holders come, the visas encourage talent drain . From the perspective of US workers, jobs will be lost to them; it is assumed that no new jobs will be created by an H-1B owner. The criticism is therefore similar to the criticism of the German green card regulation.

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