Biden Issues Order to Attract AI Talent, Seeks Input on Expanding Visas for Shortage Occupations
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President Biden issued an executive order with immigration mandates to attract and retain international AI talent.
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The order calls for expanding the Department of Labor's Schedule A shortage occupation list to identify STEM and non-STEM occupations with labor shortages.
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Schedule A allows employers to bypass certain green card requirements for employees in shortage occupations.
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An RFI was published seeking input on data, methods to identify labor shortages, and reliable ways to identify shortage occupations.
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The Institute for Progress created a Help Wanted Index, a data-driven method to identify occupations for Schedule A.