President Trump signed an executive order last April to revamp the H-1B visa system SCOTT OLSON/GETTY IMAGESPresident Trump’s immigration crackdown has prompted a sharp fall in the number of “genius” visas granted to British specialists, official figures suggest. The number of H-1B speciality occupations, known as genius visas, given to Britons is on course to fall by a third this year, an analysis of US Department of State figures by The Times shows. Mr Trump announced a crackdown on immigration days after entering office last January, and in April signed an executive order for a comprehensive review of the H-1B visa programme. On the campaign trail Mr Trump said: “These are temporary foreign workers, imported from abroad, for the explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay. “I will end for ever the use of the H-1B as a…

Source: The Times January 02, 2018 00:02 UTC