Federal agencies announced on Oct. 6 long-expected reforms to the H-1B visa program for high-skilled foreign workers that will raise the bar for qualifying for the popular visas. The interim final rules, expected to be issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL) later this week, would increase the required wages employers must pay their H-1B workers and redefine the degrees, occupations and employer-employee relationships eligible for the visas. 