Further to our previous post on this H.R. 3012 Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, the following summary was issued from AILA this morning.
“On 12/15/12, in order to release his hold on hold on H.R. 3012, Senator Grassley offered an amendment that would make dramatic changes to the bill including elimination of the family per county limit increase and reducing the employment based per country limit to 15%. Furthermore, his amendment would eliminate the diversity visa program and adds in provisions that would increase enforcement and U.S. worker protections to the H-1B and L-1 visa programs. Senator Grassley’s amendment was objected to, therefore his hold on the bill remains. While other senators may try to negotiate a compromise amendment with Senator Grassley, at this time it appears unlikely that such an agreement is likely.”
The hold up makes the outlook of this bill appear bleak. I have many clients that are Indian citizens who have been hopeful about this bill. I sincerely hope that the matter is resolved and the bill passes Senate.