MUMBAI: Indians working in the US may find it more challenging to transition from a work visa (such as H-1B) to a green card . From October 1, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service USCIS ) has made an in-person interview mandatory in such cases. While interviews for those transitioning from employment-based visa status to green cards were standard a decade ago, waivers have been regularly granted since then.Under the new policy, there will be no further waivers. Of this, 25,179 were holding jobs in the US (primarily under the H1-B category).H-1B inquiries spike Immigration.com managing attorney Rajiv S Khanna says, “A new wrinkle in the inquiries is that, as USCIS had warned, they will not accept level-1 wages to be given in H-1B cases easily. They are questioning level-1 wages almost uniformly.”He explains the various levels and illustrates the wages.

Source: Economic Times September 01, 2017 21:00 UTC