WASHINGTON: The United States is funding its apprentice program from the H-1B visa fee, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Wednesday. The commerce secretary said the additional public funding could help establish new apprenticeship programs in the travel and tourism industry. According to Ross, the Department of Labor has USD 100 million in funding available for about 30 apprenticeship grants. In his address to the US Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, Ross said: "The funding source is the fees companies pay to hire foreign workers under the H-1B visa program. These fees are then provided as grants for training American workers in the occupations for which employers are hiring H-1B workers, such as IT jobs."

Source: Mint July 18, 2019 02:26 UTC