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Trump admin mulls five-fold increase in merit-based immigration to 57%
At the direction of Trump, Kushner is leading the immigration reform project, which he said was now into its final stages and expects to make it public soon
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No country caps on Green Cards: US House passes bill; India to benefit
Indian IT professionals are worst sufferers of current immigration system which imposes a 7% per country quota on allotment of Green Card
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US Congress to vote on removing country-cap on Green Card; India to benefit
Some of the recent studies have said the waiting period for Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas is more than 70 years
Capping H1B visas will hit tech outsourcing industry, global firms: Experts
Indian IT industry body Nasscom said there has been no official confirmation from the US on lowering of H1B visa cap
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Caps on H-1B visas will weaken US companies; put jobs at risk: Nasscom
Nasscom - which represents Indian IT majors like TCS, Infosys and Wipro as well as smaller tech firms - noted that there is no official confirmation yet on the development from the US
Looking for H-1B visa? Trump all set to make it nearly impossible for you
The United States has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally.
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Trump admin mulling caps on H-1B visas to deter data rules: Report
Most affected by any such caps would be India's more than $150 billion IT sector, including Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys Ltd, which uses H-1B visas to fly engineers
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Impact of Trump's H1-B crackdown: 10% drop in visa approvals in 2018
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved 335,000 H-1B visas, which included both new and renewable, in the fiscal year 2018
US firm to pay $1.1 mn in back wages to 600 H1-B workers including Indians
This follows an investigation which found that Populus Group failed to pay H1-B employees required wages when worksites were shut down for holidays
New H1B visa norms may affect Indian IT companies' margins in FY20
Replacing H1B visa holders with more local hires will keep weighing on costs for big firms
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US H-1B visa rules to affect Indian IT profit margins in FY20: Report
Ever since the US government tightened its H- 1B visa policy in 2017, challenges have mounted for the sector as Indian-origin employees were the largest consumers of H-1B visas
Trump govt begins process to ban work permits for spouses of H1-B holders
The move, which was first proposed in 2017, would affect thousands of Indian techies in the US
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Skilled immigrants only: US to replace green cards with Build America visa
The biggest change his administration will make is to increase the proportion of highly-skilled immigration from 12 per cent to 57 per cent, Trump said
Donald Trump's immigration plan and how it will affect Indians
US President Donald Trump has proposed a sweeping change to the immigration system to make it "merit-based" favouring professionals and well-educated people who will be high earners.
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Why it is getting tougher for H-1B visa holders to switch jobs
H-1B visa, popular among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise
Indian H1B applicants more likely to receive requests for evidence: Report
An RFE can be for info on either beneficiary or petitioner, or both
US reaches 65,000 H1B visa cap in five days for Financial Year 2020
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows the US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise
H1-B visa restrictions compel Indian tech firms to hire more locals: Report
Out of the top three companies with highest H-1B visa denials in FY18, Cognizant was leading with 32 per cent denials followed by two Indian IT majors namely Infosys and TCS
Three Indian-origin consultants charged in US with H1B visa fraud
The H-1B visa programme allows foreign workers to obtain temporary authorisation to live and work for employers in the US
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On Trump's desk: US visa regulations that would affect 90,000 H1-B spouses
Now White House would carry out its review of the proposed regulation, take inputs from various agencies, before taking a final call