legislation: 115-hr-6794

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115-hr-6794 115 hr 6794 Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 Immigration 2018-09-13 2018-09-13 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] CO R C001077 1 Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 This bill makes various changes related to employment-based visas, including by (1) providing statutory authority for extending employment authorization to the alien spouse of an H-1B visa holder, subject to prevailing wage-level requirements; (2) allowing an H-1B visa holder, under certain circumstances, to change jobs without amending the H-1B petition; and (3) increasing the issuance of employment-based visas based on the number of visas that went unissued in previous years. 2023-01-11T13:41:33Z  

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