Washington: Tech advocates in Washington are reportedly eager to work with the incoming Biden administration and reverse several of US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, especially those that had created barriers to headlines. highly qualified visa holders. Some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley have clashed with the Trump …
Read More »Biden’s new plan for H-1B visas, green cards likely to benefit thousands
Tech companies depend on H-1B to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden plans to increase the number of highly qualified visas, including H-1B, and remove the cap on employment-based visas per country, which are expected to benefit dozens of …
Read More »New H-1B Rule “Will Prevent Economic Recovery,” Critics Say; Lawsuit filed
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers. Highlight Lawsuit filed in US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday The H-1B visa allows US companies to hire foreign workers The new rule will improve the quality of H-1B workers, according …
Read More »Donald Trump hands over knife, H-1B workers say deja vu
NEW YORK: The Donald Trump administration moved on Tuesday to trim H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers and tighter wage-based barriers to entry citing “data” that more than 500,000 Americans have lost their jobs due to “H-1B nonimmigrants.” India and China account for the majority of H-1B visas. According to …
Read More »H1B Visa News: US Court Halts Proposed Fee Increase for H-1B and Other Visa Applications World News
MUMBAI: judge Jeffrey White, a U.S. district court judge, has issued a preliminary injunction suspending the proposed blanket fee increase for a wide variety of visa applications. The revised rates would take effect from Friday, October 2. As previously reported by TOI, the basic application fee for a H-1B It …
Read More »A judicial pardon for US President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa ban, challenged by 169 Indians
US H-1B Visa Ban: The US visa order is frozen until the end of the year for the new H-1B and H-4 visas. (Proceedings) The Donald Trump administration’s move in the United States to reduce the widely used H-1B visas by foreign tech workers survived an initial court challenge. US …
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