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H-1B visa rules: All you need to know about the new regulations
Here is an FAQ on the H1B visa programme
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US intensifies H-1B visas scrutiny, heat on freshers
The Donald Trump Administration has come out with new measures to increase scrutiny of H1B visa holders working for companies in the US, while bringing in new restrictions for fresh applications for the visa programme designed to attract highly skilled foreign workers.The move is likely to hit Indian IT firms such as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro and American firms such as IBM, Google and Facebook, who depend on H1B visas to send engineers from India to work on projects in the US. The US opened the window to invite applications for 80,000 H1B visas it plans to issue in 2018."The H-1B visa programme should help US companies recruit highly-skilled foreign nationals when there is a shortage of qualified workers in the country. Yet, too many American workers who are as qualified, willing, and deserving to work in these fields have been ignored or unfairly disadvantaged. Protecting American workers by combating fraud in our employment-based immigration programs is a ...
With H-1B visa's future uncertain, US receives applications by truckloads
President Trump has vowed to overhaul the popular visa programme
H-1B visas: Trump's US not barring all programmers, only entry-level ones
Memo issued over weekend is a clarification for a specific centre, not a wide-ranging rule change
H-1B visa issue: Sushma says not to worry, IT firms go for local hiring
Indian IT companies use H-1B visa to fly engineers to the US to service clients temporarily
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Trump admin working on comprehensive immigration reform: White House
White House was responding to a question on possible changes in H-1B visas
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H-1B visas could be a source of tension in Indo-US ties: Former US diplomat
The former Obama administration diplomat called for a rational discourse on this issue
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India's pain and gain from Donald Trump's curb on H-1B visas
India accounts for more than half of the world's outsourcing
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Modi urges US to keep an open mind on H-1B visas for skilled Indians
Modi's comments reflected concern that IT industry would suffer if US curbs the visas
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