Tax deadline 2026: How to get a tax filing extension and avoid penaltiesTax season is here in the US and many people may not finish filing on time. A tax extension gives extra months to file returns, but taxes m...
11 Apr, 2026, 01.57 AM IST
How US cultural exchange visa turned into foreign labour programmeA US cultural exchange visa program, the J-1, has evolved into a low-cost labor channel, exposing foreign students and trainees to exploita...
26 Dec, 2025, 10.56 AM IST
H-1B spouses get relief with Supreme Court rejecting H-4 work rule challengeThe Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a 2015 rule allowing H-4 visa holders, spouses of H-1B workers, to work in the U.S. This ...
16 Oct, 2025, 01.10 PM IST
How immigration could muddy the job numbers in USThe Federal Reserve faces a complex challenge as it considers interest rate cuts amid a potentially weakening labor market. Trump's immigra...
03 Jul, 2025, 11.52 AM IST
Steve Bannon says Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have officially surrendered to Donald TrumpThe former chief strategist to US President Donald Trump named Steve Bannon in a pretty latest development criticized famous personalities ...
21 Jan, 2025, 02.28 AM IST
US Court upholds rule allowing H-1B spouses to work in AmericaThe US Court of Appeals confirmed the legality of a rule permitting spouses of H-1B visa holders to work, which was challenged by Save Jobs...
03 Aug, 2024, 11.14 AM IST
These countries are the best at attracting world’s top talentSwitzerland placed first in enabling and retaining talent categories due to its high levels of social protection and its natural environmen...
07 Nov, 2023, 03.54 PM IST
US set to modernise H-1B visa registration after detecting fraud and abuse in computerised lottery systemThe USCIS has initiated extensive fraud investigations and revoked petitions to ensure integrity of the application process. The H-1B progr...
29 Apr, 2023, 01.02 PM IST
US court dismisses court challenging work authorisation of H-1B spousesThe H-4 visa is issued to spouses of H-1B visa holders that allows them to apply for employment authorisation (EAD) to legally work in the ...
30 Mar, 2023, 03.21 PM IST
Chicago is trying to lure foreign workers laid off by American tech giantsMore than 35 firms in the Chicago region are willing to hire workers on H-1B visas, given to foreign employees in specialty occupations suc...
26 Jan, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
Immigration has rebounded, but the United States still needs more foreign workersNearly a year after the US reopened its borders, non-American workers are flowing in at a pace just under that last seen in 2019, an analys...
06 Oct, 2022, 11.45 AM IST
H1B workers seek 180 instead of 60-day stay in US post-unemployment periodFearing massive layoffs in America due to the Covid-19 crisis that is hitting businesses around the globe, foreign technology professionals...
31 Mar, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
US court to hear lawsuit against H-4 visa authorisation to spouses of H1B visa holdersThe Barack Obama administration in 2015 allowed H4 visa-holders - mainly spouses of the H-1B visa-holders - to be gainfully employed in the...
19 Dec, 2018, 03.25 PM IST
US to increase quota of unskilled foreign workers by over 400 per centUS has decided to increase by over 400% the quota for H-2B visas meant for unskilled foreign workers, but will not affect Indians who don't...
18 Dec, 2015, 12.38 PM IST
Boost for Indian IT workers as US L-1B visas now easier to getObama announced an easing of process to obtain L-1B work visas, a move that could end large scale harassment of IT professionals from India.
24 Mar, 2015, 03.27 AM IST
US engineers ask Senate to reject expansion of H1B visasA professional US body of engineers has asked the Senators to reject any move to increase the number of H-1B visas, popular among Indian pr...
14 May, 2013, 02.05 PM IST
US engineers body endorse bill for tough H1B visa rulesAn American professional body of engineers has supported the move for tough H-1B visa rules, which if implemented would affect foreign comp...
23 Mar, 2013, 11.43 AM IST