May 20, 2020 02:10 PM IST The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
May 12, 2020 07:30 AM IST According to the regulations issued by the Indian government last month and updated last week, visas of foreign nationals and OCI cards, that provide visa-free travel privileges to the people of Indian-origin, have been suspended as part of the new international travel restrictions.
May 08, 2020 09:30 AM IST The unemployment figures in the US have reached an all-time high due to the coronavirus pandemic. The letter has been signed by Senators Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Chuck Grassley and Josh Hawley.
April 16, 2020 02:45 PM IST Explaining that medical professionals holding H-1B and J-1 visas are not permitted to provide medical care outside of specifically approved locations, the legislators in a letter to Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), called for waiving those restrictions during this public health emergency to increase the number of physicians available to respond to the pandemic.
April 14, 2020 12:48 PM IST Besides the US, the UK and European Union, both with a significant Indian population, also announced extension of visas for foreign nationals
January 22, 2020 09:33 PM IST A majority of H-1B visa holders are Indians and this legislation comes as a significant relief to them, amidst an environment of stringent immigration laws and scrutiny under the Trump administration.
December 20, 2019 10:07 AM IST The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
November 11, 2019 07:32 PM IST Moneycontrol's Jerome Anthony talks to M Saraswathy to find out the latest developments about the policy that allowed spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in the US.
November 04, 2019 08:48 PM IST The E-2 visa is a non-immigration programme under which an individual can set up a business and work in the US at an investment of $100,000.
August 07, 2019 02:43 PM IST Other companies on the list include American giants like Amazon, Cisco, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple.
July 24, 2019 10:45 AM IST Shringla said the movement of highly-skilled individuals, Indian professionals in the US through programmes like H-1B has been a mutually beneficial partnership.
July 18, 2019 02:40 PM IST The H-1B visas are the most sought-after by Indian IT professionals.
July 17, 2019 07:25 PM IST The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
June 05, 2019 08:12 AM IST This follows an investigation by the Department of Labour's Wage and Hour Division which found that Populus Group failed to pay H-1B employees required wages when worksites were shut down for holidays
May 27, 2019 04:34 PM IST The industry's operating margins will narrow by 0.30- 0.80 per cent largely on an increase in local hires which the industry has been forced into due to the policy framework in its markets, the note said.
May 24, 2019 07:31 PM IST Delayed since 2017, the rule will be published in May as per the Department of Homeland Security’s dedicated united agenda webpage.
May 15, 2019 01:14 PM IST ITServe Alliance, a coalition of IT service companies in the US, moved a district court against the new visa processing rules.
April 23, 2019 04:43 PM IST Based on the data by the RedBus2US.com, H-1B petitions saw a peak in FY2017 at 2.36 lakh for the cap of H-1B cap of 85,000. After the peak, the numbers dipped in the last two years as the Trump administration tightened the visa regulation. This includes increased scrutinisation of H-1B visa, request for additional documentation and rising rejections.
April 01, 2019 10:31 PM IST Based on the data released by the USCIS, five Indian IT firms including TCS and Wipro accounted for about 8,742 of the 13,177 H-1B extension petitions rejected from close to 30 technology firms.
March 29, 2019 07:19 PM IST Processing of H-1B visa can take anywhere between two and six months from the time petitions are filed to get the valid visa. With premium processing employees and companies can plan better.
March 25, 2019 02:34 PM IST With so many changes, companies are reducing the number of H-1B nominations and employees themselves are not too keen.
February 22, 2019 08:43 AM IST Now White House would carry out its review of the proposed regulation, take inputs from various agencies, before taking a final call.
January 31, 2019 10:51 AM IST The final rule reverses the order by which US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B petitions under the regular cap and the advanced degree exemption.
January 11, 2019 08:29 PM IST In the first two years of his presidency, Trump administration had made it tough for the H-1B visa holders over their overstay, extension and issuing of new ones.
December 03, 2018 06:42 PM IST Neha Alhawadi decodes the proposed changes to the H-1B visa process and how they could impact Indians.
