Biden doing everything to improve H-1B visa process, says White House

The Biden administration is “doing everything” it can to improve the H-1B visa process, the White House informed on Wednesday (Feb 29) stating the ‘green card’ backlog and other issues related to the country’s legal immigration system were all being worked upon.

“One of the steps, if we look at the H-1B visa process, we have taken action to improve that and the process and backlog for lawful permanent residents (green card) who are eligible to become US citizens,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her daily news conference.

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa which permits companies based out of the United States to hire foreign nationals for specialized jobs that require advanced technical or theoretical training.

Jean-Pierre informed that efforts were being made to streamline the visa process responding to concerns raised by a section of Indian Americans who were skeptical of Biden’s efforts addressing the woes of legal immigrants as the US President was doing for illegal immigrants.

Biden on Thursday (Feb 29) will head to the southern border with Mexico in Texas.

“Just last month, for example, as a part of our efforts to strengthen the integrity of our immigration system and reduce the potential for fraud, the DHS published a final rule relating to H-1B visa,” Jean-Pierre said.