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House is set to fund Donald Trump's immigration actions for the rest of his time in the White HouseHouse Republicans are set to vote on a significant immigration enforcement bill. This legislation seeks to allocate nearly $70 billion to H...
US bill targets H-1B pipeline, seeks to end route to permanent residencyA Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation to overhaul the H-1B visa program, aiming to end its use as a pathway to permanent residen...
The US is tightening H-1B visas. Its economy may pay the priceA wave of legislative proposals in Washington targets the H-1B visa program and the broader immigration pipeline for skilled workers. Bills...
Legislation in US Congress to phase out country quota for green cards; capture unused visas for nurses and doctorsThe Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, a legislation led by Senator Kevin Cramer and Dick Durbin, makes a limited number of green cards a...
White House backs bill that could severely cut down the 90-year wait for Green CardsA Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has b...
Tech companies ask US to ease immigration policy for children of visa holdersThe companies said this was preventing them from attracting and retaining critical talent. American companies had over 11 million open jobs...
Skilled Indians have a 90 year wait for green cards, the Jumpstart Bill seeks to resolve thisThe US sets aside only 1.40 lakh green cards for employment-based applicants and there is a 7% per country cap. Given the heavy influx of I...
Biden wants to address delays in Green Card processing systemA Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has b...
Bill ending per-country cap for employment-based visas ends discrimination in legal immigration: Senator Mike LeeAccording to the bill, 70 per cent of the total employment-based visas could go to H-1B workers after the bill's enactment. That portion dr...
Legislation introduced in US to give Green Cards to foreign nurses, doctorsThe legislation would send green cards to 25,000 nurses and 15,000 doctors.
Lifting country cap on Green Card would help in attracting best talent: CongressmenThe bill will provide relief to the thousands of families who have been stuck in employment backlogs for decades, said Indian-American Cong...
Microsoft supports legislation to eliminate per country limit for green cardsAmidst intense nation-wide debate on US' immigration policy, software giant Microsoft has backed a proposed legislative move that calls for...
Bill for increasing allotment of Green Cards introduced in US HouseA legislation that seeks to push for a merit-based immigration system and increase the allotment of Green Cards by 45 per cent annually has...
Indian IT may get a RAISE with this policyThe legislation, titled the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE), would cut in half the number legal immigrants all...
Legislation for doubling H-1B visa, make Green Card easierThe Immigration Innovation (I2) Act of 2013 proposes to increase H-1B cap from 65,000 to 115,000 .
Indian Americans ask Senators to support immigration reformIndo-American IT-professionals have asked US Senators to support a key immigration-reform legislation, which if passed would reduce the "Gr...
- US to free 5.5 lakh job-based green cards
The US Congress is going to take measure to 'recapture' unused employment based immigration visas from 1997 to 2007. Handling employee exit...