Page 14 - Latest Updates on H1B Visa
Local hiring to rise? Indian IT cos may cut H1B visa applications next year
This, despite clients investing on digital and cloud services that require people onsite
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Relief for India Inc? No major change in H1-B visa regime, says Sitharaman
Adds that US authorities' current priority is to focus on illegal immigrants
Indians don't steal jobs, they create: Ravi Shankar Prasad on H1-B visa
Indian IT companies are present in 200 cities in 80 countries, including the US: Ravi Shankar Prasad
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H-1B premium processing has been suspended to handle huge rush, says US
The US will start accepting applications for H-1B work visas from April 3 for the fiscal 2018
H1-B visa applications for FY18 to be accepted from April 3
Official announcement did not say till when it would continue accepting the H-1B petitions
India says illegal immigration, not H1-B visa a priority for the US
S Jaishankar during his visit to the US, said that H1B visas should be considered a trade
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US wants PhDs and not mid-level workers under H-1B: Republican Senator
Current system does not bring in the brightest and the best from across the world, the Senator said
H1B visa programme faces onslaught
At least half a dozen Bills have been tabled contending that firms eats into American jobs
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H-1B woes: More bills tabled to make techies' entry into US even tougher
H1-B reform bill proposes to eliminate the lottery system
We only want the best: H1B, green card to be reformed, says US Senator
He said that the current system does not bring in the brightest and the best from across the world
Not allowing spouses of techies to work in US will be a dampener: Nasscom
The US accounts for over 60 per cent of the Indian IT export revenues
Indian outsourcing firms look to get ahead of immigration curbs
As Trump administration weighs work-visa changes, IT firms boost lobbying efforts
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US H1-B visa case: Will Trump admin freeze jobs for techies' spouses?
Save Jobs USA' soon took the matter to the Washington DC appeals court after a district court
How Indian IT plans to get ahead of Donald Trump's H1-B immigration curbs
As Trump administration weighs work-visa changes, information-technology firms boost lobbying
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Trump might just throw spouses of H1-B visa holders out of work in US
Obama administration made provision for spouses to stay in US. Trump might overturn it
India open to widest cyber security pact, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
US had last week said it will temporarily suspend premium processing of H-1B visas from April 3
Infosys, Wipro stocks dip in US mkt after suspension of fast tech H1B visas
Suspension of visas would continue up to six months
H1-B visa delay by six months will put pressure on Indian IT firms: Nasscom
The suspension came even as New Delhi pressed for a fair and rational approach on the matter
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IT firms in trouble as US halts premium H1B visa processing for 6 months
Citing backlog, authorities put applications on hold from April
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US to temporarily suspend special payment for H1B visas
Premium programme allows companies to pay $1,125 to go to top of line ahead of those waiting
