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| Infy cuts H1-B visas to 'reduce overseas bench' | 23-MAY-09 |
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| Even as the strong anti-outsourcing lobby in the US is forcing US lawmakers to take a relook at their H1-B visa strategy amid huge job losses, Infosys Technologies – which holds the largest number of H1-B visas among all the Indian IT services companies – has started reducing the number as a part of the company’s policy to reduce its ‘overseas bench’ strength. |
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| US scholars urge govt, Congress to raise H-1B visa cap | 08-APR-09 |
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| Asking the Obama Administration and Congress to increase the cap of H-1B work visas, popular among Indian professionals, from the present 65,000 to 195,000 per annum, two eminent scholars from a US think tank have said such a move would help stimulate economic growth and generate tax revenue. |
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| Microsoft filing for fewer H1-B visas | 03-APR-09 |
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| As the US Citizenship and Immigration Services started accepting applications from Wednesday for the much sought-after H-1B work visas for professionals, software giant Microsoft said this year it is filing less petitions for work visas under this category. |
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| Satyam gets more H1-B visas than Microsoft | 24-FEB-09 |
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| It may be at the centre of India's biggest ever corporate fraud now, but Satyam Computer was issued more H1-B visas than any other company in the world except for two of its Indian rivals in the last fiscal. |
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| Bailed-out US firms cannot replace laid-off workers by H1-B | 14-FEB-09 |
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| In what could be seen as a major blow to Indian IT professionals, the US Congress has prohibited banks and firms receiving federal bailout money from hiring people on H-1B visas in place of Americans laid off by them due to the economic meltdown. |
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| House Republicans seek doubling of H1-B cap | 22-APR-08 |
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| A Republican caucus has asked the Democrat leadership in the US House of Representatives to approve a proposed bill to nearly double the present artificial cap on H1-B visas, much sought-after by |
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| 13 US Governors for hiking H1-B visa limit | 13-SEP-07 |
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| The controversial H1-B visa issue got a fresh lease of life as 13 Governors from the US including Democrats and Republicans sent a letter to the Congress, exhorting it to revisit the issue since |
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| Nath to raise H1-B issue at G4 | 16-MAY-07 |
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| India has strongly objected to the move by two Senators from the United States, asking nine Indian IT companies to furnish details of their work force and their use of H-1B visa. Commerce Minister |
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| H1B quota raj irks IT firms | 10-APR-07 |
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| The current cap on H1-B visas could lead to a situation where those having the visas demand fatter salaries which, in turn, could trigger a slight wage inflation.
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| Bush pitches for more H1-B visas | 27-JAN-07 |
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| At a time when the US Congress is to re-examine immigration issues, President George W Bush has made a strong case for increasing the H1-B visa quota, emphasising that it makes no sense for America |
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