H-1B visa
Jul 30, 2024
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a second round of random lottery selection for the highly coveted H-1B visas for FY 2025.
Mar 29, 2023
New York, March 29 (IANS) In a bid to fix America's broken immigration system, bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US Senate to reform and close loopholes in the H-1B and L-1 visa...
Mar 28, 2023
New York, March 28 (IANS) The US has received a sufficient number of applications needed to reach the Congressionally mandated 65,000 H1-B visa cap for the fiscal year 2024.
Feb 11, 2023
An online petition started by two Indian-American organisations urges US President Joe Biden to increase the H-1B visa holders' grace period from two months to one year.
Dec 01, 2021
This year, the number of H1-B visa holders working in high-tech positions in the United States fell by the highest in at least a decade, owing to travel and visa limitations, despite record-high job...
Oct 24, 2020
Washington: President Donald Trump's executive order restricting entry of skilled foreign workers into the US, mainly on H-1B and L1 visas, has resulted in an estimated loss of USD 100 billion to...
Apr 03, 2019
Three Indian-origin consultants in the US have been charged with substantive visa fraud for submitting sham applications for the popular H-1B visas
Nov 05, 2018
An Indian-origin man has been charged in the US with H-1B visa and mail fraud, officials said.
Aug 29, 2018
The suspension, announced yesterday by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), are expected to last until February 19 next year.
Aug 06, 2018
“We welcome and are thrilled with the amount of Indian investments that are coming to the US,” he added.
Apr 01, 2018
The H1-B visa has an annual numerical limit cap of 65,000 visas each fiscal year as mandated by the Congress
Mar 05, 2018
The guidance says in order for an H-1B petition involving a third-party worksite to be approved, the petitioner must show by a preponderance of evidence that the beneficiary will be employed in a...
Jan 17, 2018
The H-1B program offers temporary US visas that allow companies to hire highly skilled foreign professionals working in areas with shortages of qualified American workers
Jan 10, 2018
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services had yesterday said it was not considering any proposal that would force H-1B visa holders to leave the country
Oct 26, 2017
The new policy is in line with the Trump administration’s goal to protect American workers from discrimination and replacement by foreign labour
Apr 04, 2017
No H-1B visa for programmers and coders, says new Trump policy
Mar 29, 2017
Need To Scale Up And Ramp Down H-1B Visas: Senator
