A federal judge on Tuesday struck down two Trump administration rules designed to drastically reduce the number of visas issued each year to skilled foreign workers. Changes to the H-1B visa program announced in October include imposing salary requirements on companies that employ skilled foreign workers and limits on specialty …
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MUMBAI: Of the 8.15 lakh Indians who are caught in the backlog of the green card, which for most will take 84 years to process, 1.57 lakh are children. The most adverse impact of the long waiting period of decades is on children, most of whom will age before green …
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MUMBAI: A US Federal Judge Has Awarded Class Certification To A Lawsuit That Challenges The Pattern And Practice Of The US Citizenship And Immigration Services (USCIS) Of Arbitrarily Denying H-1B Applications presented for market research analyst positions by sponsoring employers based in the US. “This ruling is an important victory …
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you may face a bottleneck in the Senate and House. The new administration is likely to encounter obstacles in pushing forward some of its policies. Biden may have to persist with some of outgoing President Donald Trump’s policies. However, some positive impact on In India. This is how it can …
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NEW DELHI: Joe biden he is a familiar figure in India as he was Barack ObamaVice President for two terms. There will be some areas in which he will follow Trump vis-à-vis India and others in which he would diverge. Defense, strategic and security relations will likely follow a path …
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H-1B visa is the most in demand among IT professionals in India. (Proceedings) Washington: The Trump administration has proposed eliminating the computerized lottery system to grant H-1B work visas to foreign technology professionals and replacing it with a selection process based on salary level, a move that is expected to …
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WASHINGTON: Executive order of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, restricting the entry of skilled foreign workers in the country, mainly with H-1B and L1 visas, has resulted in an estimated loss of $ 100 billion for companies and will have lasting negative impacts on companies, according to …
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The State Department has proposed not to issue temporary business visas for H-1B specialty occupations, allowing several companies to send their tech professionals for a short stay to complete on-site jobs in the US, a move that it could affect hundreds of Indians. The proposal, if finalized, will eliminate any …
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WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of State in a federal notification Wednesday proposed making changes to its existing visa regulations under which foreign professionals, which would fall under the H-1B category, a temporary business visa would not be issued, as has been widely prevalent today. If finalized, this proposal will eliminate …
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Seventeen individuals and organizations, including universities and businesses, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Labor, challenging its recent Interim Final Rule on wages related to H1B visas. The lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday alleged that the poorly drafted …
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