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Travelling to the US? Find out which visa is best suited for you

For those planning a visit to the US, the B-2 visa is the nest option. This visa will also apply for those wishing to seek medical treatmen...

Joe Biden revokes buy American, hire American order, eases path to H-1B

The move is expected to translate into fewer visa rejections and requests for evidence in the upcoming visa lottery in April for the financ...

New rule calls for higher wages for H-1B visa holders

“The US Department of Labor is taking these steps to strengthen wage protections, address abuses in visa programs, and protect American wor...

Trump's visa ban extension: While the president puts politics over Nation, here's what it means for you

The current extension states that “while the November overall unemployment rate in the United States of 6.7 percent reflects a marked decli...

Decoded: How Donald Trump's H-1B ban extension will impact Indian techies

H-1B workers who were in the U.S. in valid status when the June ban was announced were exempt from the ban and could procure a visa, and mo...

Trump extends freeze on H-1B, other work visas until March 31

The visa bans had been issued in April and June to protect American jobs and were set to expire on December 31. Extending the ban to March ...

US visa denial rates for Indian companies remain high

Companies like Tech Mahindra, L&T and Infosys reported denial rates of 30%, 26% and 58% respectively, along with companies like Cognizant (...

US Senate passes Bill to remove country caps on employment-based green cards; hurdles remain

While the S386 Bill had earlier been cleared by the House of Representatives (Fairness for High-Skilled Workers Act HR 1044), the version p...

US court overthrows H-1B visa program changes, says administration's causes unjustified

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White found that the unemployment crisis caused by the coronavirus was not 'good cause' for the U.S. Department...

86,000 odd Indian children will age out owing to the green card backlog, with a risk of family separation

Of the 8.15 lakh Indians who are caught in the green-card backlog, which for most will take 84 years to process, 1.57 lakh are children. Th...

All eyes on H-1B visa programme irrespective of who wins the US polls

In yet another policy stance change on H-1B visa within six months, the US administration recently announced that it was announcing an “int...

'No option but to come back to India': H-1B visa holders share their fears and hopes ahead of US election

Hundreds of H-1B visa holders affected by President Donald Trump's flip-flops on the long-term work visa are keeping a close eye on the ong...

Trump's executive order on visas for foreign workers cost USD 100 billion, claims think tank

The executive order signed by Trump on June 22, that had temporarily banned issuing fresh H-1B and L-1 visas till December 31, caused a neg...

Industry bodies, Democrats call H-1B changes move to score political points

The ITServe Alliance (ITServe), which represents over 1,400 small and medium IT staffing companies in the United States, said the Interim F...

US court blocks Trump ban on H-1B, L-1 visas

In June, US President Donald Trump had signed a Presidential Proclamation banning the entry of certain groups of nonimmigrant visa holders,...

US embassies in India to accept applications for certain visa categories, including H-1B renewals

As per a notification, H-1B and L-1 employees who are applying for the same role in the same organisation as earlier would be eligible to a...