• Increase EB immigrant cap numbers from 140,000 to 235,000
• Elimination of 55,000 diversity visa program and use the numbers
for those high skilled foreign workers with a medical degree, a dentistry
degree, a veterinary degree, or an osteopathic medicine/osteopathy degree
• Create new EB category of EB-7 using unused EB-1A priority
worker visa numbers and part of eliminated diversity visa numbers leftover
to those foreign workers with a master's degree in a STEM field from a U.S.
doctoral institution of higher education or with all master's degree courses
in a STEM field, including all courses taken by correspondence or by
distance education while physically present in the United States or those
with a baccalaureate degree in a STEM field.
• Create another new EB category of EB 8-1 and EB 8-2: EB-8-1 for
qualifying venture capital-backed start-up entrepreneurs and for self-
sponsored start-up entrepreneurs and (2) EB-8-2 for E-1 treaty trader
nonimmigrant status for 10 years or longer benefitting the economy of this
country and creating at least 5 full-time U.S. workers for at least 10 years
. Qualified entrepreneurs and family will receive conditional permanent
resident status.
• Make EB-5 regional center investor program permanent.
• Eliminate the per-country limit for EB immigrants.
• Increases the H-1B cap to 155,000 per fiscal year, and replace
current master degree cap by STEM master or doctorate degree cap of 40,000
per year.
• Extend dual intent to foreign students coming to the United
States to pursue STEM field degrees at institutions of higher education or
those engaged in temporary post graduation employment for optional practical
training related to such study.