US lawmakers concerned over spike in request for evidences for H1B visas
US lawmakers and experts have expressed concern over the US immigration agency’s increasing demand for “irrelevant” or previously furnished information to adjudicate an H-1B application, causing delay in processing the work visa, popular among the highly-skilled Indian IT professionals.
They were referring to the dramatic increase in request for evidences for H-1B visa applications for foreign workers. The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (USCIS) makes an inquiry called a request for evidence, or RFE, when they require additional evidence to make a decision on a H1B case.
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.