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Laid off months apart from US jobs and no options, Indian techie couple on H-1B and H-4 visas have to return home. They get advice on how to restart their careersAn Indian tech couple on H-1B and H-4 visas faced sudden job loss, triggering a tight immigration deadline. With no immediate visa extensio...- How priority dates and cross-chargeability affect your Green Card timelineIndian nationals working in the U.S. often face long waits for green cards due to visa quotas. A priority date determines one's place in li...
- New H-1B wage rules may lift foreign worker pay by $14,000 a yearThe US Department of Labor has proposed significant visa wage rule changes, aiming to boost foreign worker pay by approximately $14,000 ann...
- Google to ramp up Green Card sponsorships for employees in 2026, lays down eligibility rulesGoogle will resume and expand its green card sponsorship program for employees starting in 2026, focusing on those in roles requiring a deg...
- US Department of Labor resumes processing of LCAs for H-1B and PERM applicationsThe Department of Labor's Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system is now operational, resuming processing for employer requests for...
- Delays & disruption: H-1B anxiety builds up amid US shutdownStalled visa applications and frozen hiring plans have exacerbated the crisis that erupted after the Donald Trump administration began tigh...
- Tech giants Amazon & Google suspend green card applications amid layoffsAmazon and Google have halted green card applications for immigrants in the United States for 2024, citing recent tech industry layoffs, in...
- Decoding why Amazon & Google suspended green card applicationsAmazon and Google have reportedly paused green card applications due to increased difficulty in the process, as reported by TOI. According ...
- Apple agrees to $25 million fine for favouring immigrants over US citizens, green card holders for job rolesThis settlement stands as the largest ever by the Justice Department in cases related to discrimination based on citizenship. The terms req...
- Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrantsThe Justice Department in a statement said Apple did not recruit US citizens or permanent residents for jobs that were eligible for a feder...
- US government shutdown just days away, what will happen to your visa application?In previous shutdowns, USCIS recognized delays caused solely by the government shutdown as excusable. For example, USCIS considered untimel...
- Key changes in process of first step to green card could lead to delaysAn employer in the US must obtain an approved labour certification from the US Department of Labor (DOL) before they can file a green card ...
- Layoff season continues as 219 tech firms sack over 68,000 employees in JanuaryThe layoff season continued to hit the tech world in 2023 with some big names like Microsoft and Google joining the list. More than 3,400 t...
- As layoffs continue, Google freezes key green card process for workers"Recognising how this news may impact some of you and your families, I wanted to update you as quickly as possible on the difficult decisio...
- Google pauses green card applications from employees amid layoffsGoogle has sent an email to foreign employees, notifying them that the tech giant will pause any new filings of PERM, leaving foreign worke...
- NRI Helpdesk: Are L-1B visa holders eligible to work remotely?For our NRI readers, we have started an immigration helpdesk. Write to us at nri.economictimes@gmail.com and our team of experts will addre...
- Facebook to pay up to $14.25 million to settle US employment discrimination claimsFacebook will pay a civil penalty under the settlement of $4.75 million, plus up to $9.5 million to eligible victims of what the government...
- US lawmakers ask for permanent residency for people in employment-based green card backlog“Failure to provide a path to lawful permanent residence for the 1.2 million people in the employment-based green card backlog, most of who...
- US govt sues Facebook for favouring H-1B visa workers over US workersThe positions at issue offered an average salary of around USD 156,000. The department is seeking unspecified civil penalties and back pay ...
- Over 8,00,000 Indian nationals in green card backlog in USIndian employer-sponsored applicants face an eight-decade wait for green cards, and nearly 200,000 will die before they can even theoretica...
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