Temporary Professional, Managerial, and Skilled Foreign Workers : Policy and Trends.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens.

Students, Foreign.

Emigration and immigration.

Passports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (21 p), digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reviews policy issues related to temporary visas for professional, managerial, and skilled foreign workers, summarizes various visa categories for these workers, and analyzes trends in use of these various visas over the past two decades. Discusses policy of authorizing foreign students to work in the U.S. for at least a year following graduation, and addresses labor market tests for employers hiring temporary foreign workers. Explains rules regarding Federal taxation of professional, managerial, and skilled foreign workers; and discusses avenues for these foreign workers to become legal permanent residents in the U.S.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Oct. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Temporary Professional, Managerial, and Skilled Foreign Workers

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