This is big.
Top immigration lawyers are taking note of a story that’s begun doing the rounds on the last day of 2017 - that the Department of Homeland Security is chewing hard on the concept of ending H1B extensions.
H1B visas are issued for an initial period of three years with the option to extend for another three years basis confirmed employment availability. Although the yearly influx of H1B workers is now 85,000, the option of extensions takes the total number staying on in the US to a much bigger number.
