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Steep H-1B fee hike to burn a big hole in IT companies pocketsThe steep hike in US H-1B visa fees could spell bad news for Indian IT service providers and dent their pockets significantly, experts and ...- Trump 2.0 to threaten H-1B plans of tech companiesConcerns arise over the possibility of a second Trump administration and its impact on the US immigration agenda. Tech industry alarmed by ...
- Covid taught the world how to wfh, latest tensions won't hit Indian businesses in Canada too hard, say expertsIf Canada were to also impose visa restrictions, the repercussions could be more significant. Nevertheless, considering that the global com...
- Amended H-1Bs must for employees moving from one job site to anotherIn July 2015, USCIS had issued a policy memorandum based on the decision taken by the Administrative Appeals Office in a particular case. T...
- 9% drop in H-1B visa holders in the US, highest in a decadeThe combined metric for all job categories totalled more than 497,000 during fiscal year 2021, a 9% decrease from 2020 and 17% decline from...
- New US Bill could increase H-1B filing feesThe Bill has proposed to include a supplementary $500 charge for each H-1B visa petition. Companies – mostly tech and IT services providers...
- New provisions could ease green card process for IndiansThe recommendations include a set of measures including allowing people in the employment green card backlogs to seek a waiver of the annua...
- Green card holders stuck in India need to prove US tiesA green card holder who has been outside the US, for more than 180 days but less than one year, has to prove that he or she has not abandon...
- H-1B ‘speciality’ visas can be granted to computer programmers, says American courtIn this case, heard by the appellate court, Innova Solutions had sought to hire an Indian citizen to work as a computer programmer. The H-1...
- Medical insurance a burden for laid-off H-1B workersMost experts advice that it’s often best to continue with these employer schemes even though employees on H-1B visas will have to pay steep...
- Trump's plan to suspend immigration would affect Indians waiting to migrate to USTrump's plan to temporarily suspend immigration in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and to protect American jobs, has shocked Indian IT compan...
- Nasscom seeks extension for near-expiry H-1B visasNasscom has requested the US Department of Homeland Service (DHS), the labor department and the US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCI...
- US brings in new norm on L-1 visa, provides leewayA leeway has been built in for the employees already working for the sponsoring company on an H-1B visa, as they may be able to adjust the ...
- Consulting, audit companies biggest users of H-1B visas in last five yearsConsulting, audit and tax advisory firms have topped the list of those applying for H-1B visas in the last five years. Ernst & Young filed ...
- Indian H-1B filings set to drop by 50% this yearScott FitzGerald, partner in US immigration firm Fragomen Worldwide, said the general consensus seems to be that filings of H-1B petitions ...
- Indian IT companies look to benefit from fresh H-1B visa processCompanies use premium processing to expedite the processing of H-1B petitions paying $1,225, in addition to the regular filing fee of over ...
- Tougher H-1B norms open doors for India's real talentNasscom said that several of its member executives had noted recently that they are applying for visas for higher level professionals this ...
- Green cards for Indians soar six-fold to 35,472 in a yearAn H-1B visa-holder is beholden to the employer who hired him or her, and can be deported unless the holder can find another H-1B sponsor.
- US boosts Indian IT professionals' green card dreamsUS has passed a Bill which will allow highly-skilled immigrants from India to obtain permanent residence easily.
- Indians for immigrant visas confusedFirst there was good news and then there was bad. Finally, now the news on the US green card front is better.
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