India trying to convince US that tapping into Indian talent is in mutual benefit: S JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India has been successful in convincing the US to a "large extent as actually if you look at th...
H-1B visa applications see spike in inquiries from US authoritiesOn another front, US immigration attorneys are seeing an uptick in the number of ‘Requests For Evidence’ (RFEs) being issued by the USCIS.
No H-1B? Get O-1B: Niche US visas for ‘extraordinary’ individuals grow in popularityStatistics given by the US Department of Homeland Security show that allotment of O-1 visas (O-1A and O-1B) has grown significantly over th...
Why the axing of the 457 visa by Australia may not have a huge impact on IndiansAfter Donald Trump overhauled the H-IB system, the whammy seemed to have become double for Indians with Australia also deciding to tighten ...
Legislative change needed in wage structure to prevent H-1B abuse: US Labour DepartmentUS Acting Secretary of Labour Edward C Hugler has identified several other legislative changes for it to take stronger action against H-1 B...
Indian IT firms brace for rude jolt as US House introduces Keeping American Jobs ActThe bill, introduced by Congressmen Derek Kilmer and Doug Collins, wants to stop US cos from outsourcing jobs overseas by "abusing" H1-B pr...
Donald Trump’s rhetoric leaves Indian students unsure about pursuing higher education in USCall it a knee-jerk reaction, but Trump’s protectionist rhetoric in the run-up to the election has left many aspiring Indian students confu...
H1-B visa holders help corporate America turn competitive and create 1-7 mn jobs in US: R Chandrasekhar, NasscomGlad Finance Minister put our views on US visa fee hike unambiguously
Budget 2016: Full text of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's speechJaitley presented his third budget which took on the fiscal and physical health of the nation by setting the fiscal deficit target at 3.5% ...
H-1B visa system is broken, needs to be fixed: Top US business body BRTThe outdated H-1B visa system was one of the factors in a new BRT analysis that put the US 9th out of 10 advanced economies in terms of emp...
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
Infosys whistleblower could get $5-8 mn from settlementEx-Infosys employee Jack Palmer brought the whistle-blower lawsuit in 2011, saying that he had been punished by the company after he report...
Indian CEOs raise H-IB visa issue with Obama AdministrationIndia's corporate leadership raised issue of H-1B visa restrictions during their first high level interaction with Obama Administration off...
- US 1,33,000 applications for H-IB visas:
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has as of Tuesday received an estimated 133,000 unique pieces of mail containing H-1B p...