Petition to : Grant Work Authorization (EAD) to H4 Visa holders

Signed and fingers crossed :X hmmmm!

 

Sorry to comment like this but this is a petition out of some helplessness but in reality its a joke. The constitutional orientation of a H4 and EAD are completely separate. I guess the petition creator doesnt have the proper understanding of the H1/H4/Immigration petition(Green Card) and the pending status of a GC, EAD, AP. If you read through the basic idea of these before, one can easily understand how foolish is the core idea of this petition. What we can do is to give the priority of H1 visas for the H4 visa holders while they are in US and qualified(still there must be an eligible US employer to sponsor the so called H1). Again, sorry for the comment with respect to the OP's intention

 

The petition is requesting the H4 be given EAD just like the L2 visa holders can apply for an EAD. This has nothing to do with the GC process at all.

 

Try to find more details about core concepts of EAD, H visa program, L Visa program, the constitutional idea, the business benefit (for US) behind them before simply throwing it in the thin air as a petition. H4 is a visa given under the humanitarian/social grounds(nothing around economical grounds) to keep the family together for a H1B person. L visa category got totally a different concept. If you spare some time to get the nuts and bots of these visa programs, you may have a different opinion.

 

I agree with you that the L visa and H4 visa are different and this petition does not have any merits to it.. I am just saying the petition wants same privileges as the L2 visas. Anyway this petition will not go anywhere as even the STEM bill was blocked by the Democrats.

 

I have the same opinion as sreesri . You think just because of this petition things are going to change? May be just for satisfying our own selves v can do it but its just not possible in reality.

 

Cool09 - Every political or social change begins with a small change, if the leaders that fought against racism and colonialism also thought that they would never be able to bring about change, we would still be living in oppressive conditions.

Here is my perspective on the H4 visa debate - it is not related to just work authorization, it is related to one's personal sphere of life too. A lot of women continue to stay in abusive relationships because of their immigration status, and the discussion needs to go beyond - let them work. Work authorization is just one part of the debate -- only then can there be a change. getting a job is easy getting someone to sponsor your visa is difficult. Rather than giving employment authorization more visas should be created in professional sectors that are not dominated by men, the whole point why more women immigrate into the United states using family based immigration systems such as family based GC and H-4 is because most employment based visas are concentrated in professions that are dominated by men.
If one looks at the history of immigration laws in the United States they are rooted in sexism - they are based on the law of coverture, which originated in Britain - under this law a wife has no legal identity of her own and her immigration status is derived from her husband's. The early female immigrants to the United States, then called the new world were white women from the colonies who were "transported" to the US to induce bachelor farmers and hunters to marry and settle down and to keep unmarried fortune hunters from returning home. [FONT=&quot][/FONT]

 

You have to understand the concept of the H4 visa is purely on humanitarian grounds and is not intented for economical purpose. The H4 visa is tied to the H1 visa and if the women are in abusive relaationship then they should go back to the country of origin. The H1b visa is not allocated based on the industry. If an organization is looking for a high skilled worker and no local resource is found then the organisation can sponsor a foreign worker a H1b visa. I really dont understand your point on creating more visas in sectors not dominated by man. The point of H1b visa is to be used when there is a shortage of a skilled worker and has nothing to do with sexism. That is why majority of organisation practices EOE

Anyway this petition is not going anywhere and giving EAD to H4 holders is a legislative process. "That said, every single person in the system today entered under the rule, yet they want to change it now that they're in the system, to the detriment of others in the system."