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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

US to Permit H-1B Spouses to Work from May 26,2015

The US government will allow spouses of certain high-tech foreign workers to apply for work permits, an accommodation designed to make things easier for families waiting in long lines for green cards.

The regulation for spouses of H-1B visas, first proposed last year and finalised as part of President Barack Obama's package of executive actions on immigration, will take effect starting on May 26,2015

The change could apply to more than 179,000 people in the next year, and 55,000 in subsequent years said Leon Rodriguez, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

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Australia and Canada have made similar offers to spouses of temporary high-skilled workers in recent years

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