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Biden doing everything to improve the visas

process and green card backlog: White House

OUR BUREAU so, we will continue our work to
improve the system within our au-
Washington, DC
thorities and that has certainly been
S President Joe Biden is doing a priority,” she said and added that
everything he can to improve the administration takes that “very
Uthe H1B visa process, ‘green seriously” and is continuing to do
card’ backlog and other issues related everything that it can to improve the
to the country’s legal immigration sys- visa process.
tem, the White House has said. The H1B visa is a non-immi-
“One of the steps, if we look at grant visa that allows US companies
the H1B visa process, we have tak- to employ foreign workers in spe-
en action to improve that and the cialty occupations that require theo-
process and backlog for lawful per- retical or technical expertise.
manent residents (green card) who The US Citizenship and Immi-
are eligible to become US citizens,” gration Services (USCIS) has an-
White House Press Secretary Karine nounced the launch of myUSCIS
Jean-Pierre told reporters at her dai- organisational accounts that will
ly news conference on Wednesday. allow multiple people within an or-
She was responding to questions ganisation, as well as their legal rep-
about the feeling among a section of resentatives, to collaborate on and
Indian Americans that the President “Just last month, for example, as a DHS published a final rule relating prepare H1B registrations, H-1B
is not putting as much effort on ad- part of our efforts to strengthen the to H1B visa,” Jean-Pierre said. petitions and any associated Form
dressing the woes of legal immigrants integrity of our immigration system “So, the changes promote fairer I-907, Request for Premium Pro-
as he is doing for illegal immigrants. and reduce potential for fraud, the and more equitable outcomes and, cessing Service.

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