USA H4 Visa Applicants & H1B spouse-work authorization challenges

GradSiren Team
Sep 7, 2018 · 4 min read
H4 Dependent’s of H1B Visa

The Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) off late made some dynamic changes to the prevailing immigration laws and work permit sanctions of the H1B applicants intending to come to USA in particularly during recent past. This as a cascading effect also had some spillover effect on the accompanied spouse and their permissions on work in USA accordingly.

The major crackdown of the Trump’s administration by the message in recent years of “Buy American & Hire American” approach created enormous ripples in the US & World economic arena. The new H1B changes in line to these messages seems clear that the Trump administration is firm on the programs that largely benefited H1B Holders for decades. These have created many challenges to the families of immigration working class in USA. The situation is even more drastic with cases of dependents of H1Bs. The H4 category is the visa type for those accompanying spouse of H1B when in Obama’s administration they are created special permit of Work for these H4 Visa applicants in 2015. As a result, almost one lakh + spouse to H1B Visa candidatures got benefited by this program. These incidents in a way also seen contributing back to US economy in terms of Services in Skilled areas, Taxes, education, Consumerism, and other revenue markets.

Effects on working-class families and economy

Now in the changing times of USA immigration systems, the H4 visa is expected to be hindered from work-permits in USA. Pushing the accompanying spouse Men/ Women in this category to stay back from working in US. This may allow the economic per capital range of a working-class professional in US to come down. The experts also fear this may have an indirect snowballing effect on the gross national GDP & Tax base, as the average American (Visa) holder’s financial statuesque might fall dramatically.

Effects on USA skilled immigrant workers

Effects on the skilled immigrant workers & families are expected with some serious changes. The erstwhile Obama administration insisted on the H1B & H4 accompaniment so carefully because it will bring in the brains of the quality skilled immigrant professionals to work on the niche work areas of the nation contributing to their overall industrial and economic growth. Now with these impending changes in the H4 category might cornet the families and subsequent the skilled workers themselves outflow from the services. This in a way may also trigger the skilled professionals’ brain drain from USA.

Effects on Gender Diversity and Inclusion

As the major portion of the skilled visa professionals of the H1B category are largely male employees and the accompanying spouse category are female, these new H4 category work permit restraining might significantly affect the Female work base in US to a large extent. As a country that is being greatly encouraging on gender diversity and inclusion, this will have a direct effect. A touted figure of around 90% of these spouse to skilled immigrant visa category is women according to a recent study. This shows the quantum of an effect that this would have on those families to greater dept.

Effects on the diplomatic relations with Neighboring & Friend countries:

From a political and foreign relations point of view, these resolutions are also seen with a lot of strangled relationships with US friend countries that the nation largely associates within various facades of trade, business, and services. As the familial and gender-based aspects are a little sensitive and crucial towards better foreign relationships.

While it is very evident that the new administrative initiatives of USA are making the American skilled workers be rightfully rewarded, by creating the opportunities for all American graduates and next-generation professionals. This is a good consequence where reports reflect that these reforms in a way are creating some all-time high employability since 2000s, a good consequence.

However, it is equally important to make reforms holistically robust by encouraging all facades of America including immigrants, skilled workers, neighbor countries also considered due regards. As USA as a nation is a land of Unity and diversity together coexists with an inclusive social setup. It is this set of framework that created a sustainable future for the Future American development.

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