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Immigrants in a spot as US looks to vet old green card approvalsUSCIS director Joseph B Edlow this weekend said the agency will reopen old cases to vet Biden-era green cards for fraud. This comes amid ti...
US Election: Trump presidency will be negative for IT-based immigration, Harris will largely be status quoIf Donald Trump returns to office, his previous restrictive policies could resurface, raising denial rates for these visas. However, many I...
These companies are the biggest winners in US H-1B visa drawsA new analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), based on data from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, found that Amazo...
Three Indian IT cos among top 5 recipients of H-1B visas in FY21A study of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data by the National Foundation of American Policy, a non-profit public policy o...
H-1B denial rates for new application drops to 4% in fiscal 2021“The 4 per cent denial rate in fiscal 2021 for new H-1B petitions was similar to the rate before Donald Trump took office, meaning the Trum...
H-1B denial rates decline: USCIS dataLegal challenges forced US lawmakers to reverse restrictive immigration policies leading to a sharp decline in visa denial rates for initia...
H-1B Visa rejection rates dropped drastically in July-September 2020H-1B visa rejection rate fell to 1.5% in the July-September period compared to 21% in the previous nine months, an analysis of US immigrati...
US visa denial rates for Indian companies remain highCompanies like Tech Mahindra, L&T and Infosys reported denial rates of 30%, 26% and 58% respectively, along with companies like Cognizant (...
Infosys says it plans to hire 12,000 American workers over next two years“Infosys has been intensely focused on creating jobs in the U.S. for the past three years, and I am proud that this new commitment to hire ...
H-1B visa: Denial rates for IT services companies continue to remain highThere were six Indian companies among the top 25 employers, and only one, Tata Consultancy Services, among the top ten. The denial rates fo...
H-1B visa denial rates at 30% for first quarter of FY20IT service companies and consultancies, which normally place people at third-party locations, reported higher visa denial rates than US tec...
In 2019, US denied one in five H-1B petitions with denial rate higher for Indian IT companies: StudyPresident Trump has himself accused many IT cos of abusing the work visas to deny jobs to American workers.
98% of H-1B visa rejections unchallengedIn 98.4% of the cases where the H-1B visa was denied, the employer chose not to file an appeal, said David North, a fellow at the Center fo...
H-1B Visa denials at all-time highAbout half of top IT companies' work visa applications rejected in the past year by the United States.
Visa curbs hit business of US IT staffing cos run by IndiansStaffing companies hire nearly 17 million temporary and contract employees annually in the US.
USCIS sought additional information for 60% H-1B applications last quarterIn numerical terms, nearly 60,000-odd RFEs were sent during the first quarter of fiscal 2019 as opposed to 1.50 lakh during fiscal 2018 and...
Substantial increase in denial of H1B petitions, says reportData analysed over the years show USCIS adjudicators deny more applications and issue a higher rate of Requests for Evidence for Indians on...
Indians denied US L-1 visa more than others: ReportL-1B is a non-immigrant visa that allows companies to send employees who have worked abroad for at least a year and possess 'specialised kn...
- $100-bn roller-coaster: What lies ahead for IT services industry
Analysts expect the Indian IT services industry to witness higher visa denial rates and visa costs in 2013.
US lawmakers question sharp rise in denial of H1B, L1 visasUS lawmakers, corporate bigwigs have questioned US over the issue, warning this would hurt American business interests.