As per report from sources in what could be a major blow to H1B visa holders, of which majority are Indians, the Trump administration is now planning to make sure that spouses of these visa holders will not be getting a license to work anymore. Presently US government is planning to come up with a proposal that will end allowing spouses of H1-B visa holders, who will be on H4 visa, to work legally in the USA.
Meanwhile the analysts are dubbing that this move will create a devastating impact on lakhs of Indians in the USA. Moreover an estimate is that nearly 70,000 Indians hold H4 visas and working right now. In 2015, Obama rule allowed H4 holders to work irrespective of the Permanent Resident status.
Furthermore as of June 2017, US government had
granted 71,287 initial (versus renewal) employment authorization documents to
H-4 spouses of which 94% were women, and 93%, were from India. Moreover to meet
ends in the USA and have good savings, spouses of almost all Indian H1B visa
holders work in various odd jobs.
