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US announces H-1B visa overhaul: 4 key points for applicants here
6 days, 18 hours ago

US announces H-1B visa overhaul: 4 key points for applicants here

India Today  

The Department of Homeland Security has announced a final rule to modernise the H-1B visa programme, enabling US companies to fill job vacancies in critical fields more effectively. The H-1B visa update would also benefit Indian students on F-1 visas in the US as the new rules seek to help them transition to jobs. Effective date - The new rules …

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US announces H-1B visa overhaul to fill jobs faster; Indians likely to benefit most
6 days, 18 hours ago

US announces H-1B visa overhaul to fill jobs faster; Indians likely to benefit most

India Today  

In what would cheer hundreds of thousands of Indians, the Department of Homeland Security has announced a final rule to modernise the H-1B visa programme, enabling US companies to fill critical job vacancies more effectively. The new rule also permits quicker processing for individuals previously approved for an H-1B visa and extends eligibility to beneficiaries with a controlling interest in …

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Foreign nationals propel U.S. science. Visa limits under Trump could change that
1 month ago

Foreign nationals propel U.S. science. Visa limits under Trump could change that

NPR  

Foreign nationals propel U.S. science. Visa limits under Trump could change that toggle caption Kiichiro Sato/AP Foreign-born workers account for about half of the doctoral-level scientists and engineers working in the U.S. But the incoming Trump administration has signaled that it will crack down on H-1B visas, which could make it harder for universities, research institutions, and tech firms in …

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Trump 2.0: The Indian IT sector may need to re-evaluate its US-centric model
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump 2.0: The Indian IT sector may need to re-evaluate its US-centric model

Live Mint  

The US has been the largest market for India’s IT services industry for decades, with companies like HCL, Infosys and TCS providing outsourced services to American firms across sectors. During his first presidency, the Trump administration made substantial changes to the H1B visa scheme, which is the lifeblood of the Indian IT industry’s operations in the US. The second Trump …

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Trump’s second coming: Hopes and dreams dangle for Indian techies and students
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s second coming: Hopes and dreams dangle for Indian techies and students

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Donald Trump’s electoral comeback has prompted some crystal-gazing into what his second term as American president could mean for Indian employees and students aspiring to move to the US. That said, domestic education and visa consultants are banking on Trump’s other rhetoric—to revive the US economy—to open a route at least for India’s much-vaunted technology employees and students pursuing …

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Second term for Trump likely to have limited negative impact on Indian IT sector: Report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Second term for Trump likely to have limited negative impact on Indian IT sector: Report

Live Mint  

Donald Trump took to stage to on Wednesday to declare victory and pledged to bring a “golden age" to the United States. During his first term, former President Trump enacted Executive Order 13788, “Buy American and Hire American,” which increased restrictions on H-1B visas and led to a notable rise in H-1B and L-1 visa denial rates. Limited impact On …

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US Proposes H-1B Program Changes Focusing on Streamlining Eligibility, Enhancing Efficiency
1 year, 2 months ago

US Proposes H-1B Program Changes Focusing on Streamlining Eligibility, Enhancing Efficiency

News 18  

The Biden administration is proposing changes in the H-1B foreign workers programme to improve efficiency by streamlining eligibility, providing more flexibility to F-1 students, entrepreneurs and those working for non-profit bodies and ensuring better conditions for other non-immigrant workers. Making the proposed rules public for stakeholders to give their comments and feedback, the Department of Homeland Security said the proposed …

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US plans major H1B visa overhaul, says 'will increase chances of selection'
1 year, 2 months ago

US plans major H1B visa overhaul, says 'will increase chances of selection'

India Today  

The Biden administration is proposing changes in the H-1B foreign workers programme to improve efficiency by streamlining eligibility, providing more flexibility to F-1 students, entrepreneurs and those working for non-profit bodies and ensuring better condition for other non-immigrant workers. Observing that the H-1B non-immigrant visa programme allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations, defined by statute …

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White House aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy vows to end H-1B visa programme
1 year, 3 months ago

White House aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy vows to end H-1B visa programme

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: Describing the H-1B visa programme as a form of "indentured servitude", Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to gut the lottery-based system and replace it with meritocratic admission if he wins the race to the White House in 2024. The H-1B visa, much sought-after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to …

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US presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy calls H-1B visas 'indentured servitude'; vows to 'gut it' if makes White House
1 year, 3 months ago

US presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy calls H-1B visas 'indentured servitude'; vows to 'gut it' if makes White House

Firstpost  

The H-1B visa, much sought-after 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 Describing the H-1B visa programme as a form of ‘indentured servitude, Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to gut the lottery-based system and replace it with meritocratic admission …

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Indian-American GOP Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Aims to End H-1B Visa, Labels it 'Servitude'
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian-American GOP Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Aims to End H-1B Visa, Labels it 'Servitude'

News 18  

Calling the H-1B visa programme “indentured servitude”, Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to gut the lottery-based system and replace it with meritocratic admission if he wins the race to the White House in 2024. From 2018 through 2023, US Citizenship and Immigration Services approved 29 applications for Ramaswamy’s former company, Roivant Sciences, to hire employees under H-1B …

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Vivek Ramaswamy wants to end H-1B visa programme, calls it 'indentured servitude'
1 year, 3 months ago

Vivek Ramaswamy wants to end H-1B visa programme, calls it 'indentured servitude'

The Hindu  

Calling the H-1B visa programme "indentured servitude", Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to “gut” the lottery-based system and replace it with meritocratic admission if he wins the race to the White House in 2024. “I have gone on to found multi-billion-dollar companies.” Ramaswamy’s stance on H-1B visas is reminiscent of the 2016 Trump campaign, when then-candidate Donald …

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H-1B visa renewal: You can now renew US work visa without travelling to India
1 year, 6 months ago

H-1B visa renewal: You can now renew US work visa without travelling to India

Live Mint  

The United States authorities have announced that they will introduce ‘in-country’ renewable H-1B visas as part of the people-to-people initiative. Technology companies depend on H-1B visa, also dubbed work visa to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India. H-1B visa renewal Until 2004, certain categories of non-immigrant visas, particularly the H-1B, could be renewed or …

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Laid-off Indian techies in the US can stay beyond H-1B visa time limit of 60 days to find new job
1 year, 9 months ago

Laid-off Indian techies in the US can stay beyond H-1B visa time limit of 60 days to find new job

India Today  

Good news for laid-off Indian techies living in the United States. Until now, these employees on H-1B visa had just 60 days to find a new job after termination from their current job role. The latest announcement by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services reveals that the layoffs impacted employees can continue to stay in the United States even beyond …

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Laid off Indian Microsoft employee on H1B visa says she is heartbroken, has limited time to find a new job
1 year, 9 months ago

Laid off Indian Microsoft employee on H1B visa says she is heartbroken, has limited time to find a new job

India Today  

The wave of layoffs is still shaking the tech industry. Indian techies who are on temporary H1B visas in the US are not just looking for a new job for earning but are fighting with the ticking clock to stay in the country. But now, after getting fired from Microsoft, Acharya has limited time to find a new job or …

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Laid off Microsoft engineer on H1B visa wonders where will she live if she doesn't find a new job in 60 days
1 year, 10 months ago

Laid off Microsoft engineer on H1B visa wonders where will she live if she doesn't find a new job in 60 days

India Today  

The tech industry has recently found itself in turbulent times as companies are laying off employees in order to cut costs. Be it tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon or startups like Dunzo and ShareChat, employees are being impacted across the globe and their stories are surfacing on social media. From figuring out where to live if she …

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Indian Google employee with H1B visa lost job after 11 years of service, says countdown begins to leave US
1 year, 10 months ago

Indian Google employee with H1B visa lost job after 11 years of service, says countdown begins to leave US

India Today  

Google laid off thousands of employees and the process was not as smooth considering many were locked out of their systems without any notice. While the news of layoff is disheartening for many, the most impacted ones are the employees who got the job on an H1B visa. An Indian-origin employee with an H1B visa who worked at Google for …

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Indian Google employee laid off in 10 months of joining, holds H1B visa and has limited time to find a new job
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian Google employee laid off in 10 months of joining, holds H1B visa and has limited time to find a new job

India Today  

Big tech layoffs, whether at Google or Amazon, have been brutal as most employees were informed abruptly, and in some cases, on a Friday right before the start of the weekend. The layoff has also affected many Indian workers in the US who now have to find a job in less than two months to save their H1-B visa. After …

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Big Tech layoffs, H-1B Visas Fee Hike, Recession Fears: What Will Happen To Techies' Great American Dream?
1 year, 11 months ago

Big Tech layoffs, H-1B Visas Fee Hike, Recession Fears: What Will Happen To Techies' Great American Dream?

ABP News  

Last year several Big tech companies including Amazon, Salesforce, Meta, Twitter, and Uber laid off employees as well as put a total freeze on new hiring. This year is not very different with Amazon continuing with layoffs and other big tech firms set to follow amid recession fears and global macroeconomic conditions. The application fees for employment-based visas, such as …

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Will Amazon layoffs lead to an exodus of Indians from the US?
1 year, 11 months ago

Will Amazon layoffs lead to an exodus of Indians from the US?

Firstpost  

The great layoff continues. After Twitter, Meta and other tech giants carried out mass layoffs in the last months of 2022, Amazon, the online giant that employs 1.5 million people globally, announced that after the mass layoffs in November — they had cut over 10,000 jobs then — they will be letting go of another 18,000 employees. “These changes will …

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Tech Layoffs: Indians Most Impacted Amid 195-Year Wait For Green Card
2 years, 1 month ago

Tech Layoffs: Indians Most Impacted Amid 195-Year Wait For Green Card

ABP News  

Mass layoffs in the technology space have forced many workers living in the US to rely on temporary visas. The layoffs also impacted a lot of Indian employees working in the tech sector being laid off amid wait for their US green card. Tech companies, including Amazon, Lyft, Meta, Salesforce, Stripe, and Twitter, have been sponsoring at least 45,000 H-1B …

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Twitter job cuts become double whammy for H1B visa holders. What’s next for them
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter job cuts become double whammy for H1B visa holders. What’s next for them

Live Mint  

The mass firing at Twitter has acted as a double whammy for some foreign nationals working in the US office as losing their jobs has put their immigration status under threat. Poorvi Chothani, Managing Partner at LawQuest told Economic Times, “While H-1B visa holders have a 60-day grace period, it's much more difficult for workers on L-1 and O-1 visas. …

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Amid shortage of skilled workers, US Chambers of Commerce lobbies to double H-1B visa quota
3 years, 6 months ago

Amid shortage of skilled workers, US Chambers of Commerce lobbies to double H-1B visa quota

India Today  

The powerful US Chambers of Commerce has launched a massive campaign to address the acute shortage of skilled and professional workforce in America, prominent among which includes urging the Biden administration and Congress to double the number of H-1B visas and eliminate per-country quota for the Green Card. “As we stand on the cusp of what could be a great …

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Confident That Indian Professionals Will Continue to Be Welcomed in US, Says Envoy
3 years, 10 months ago

Confident That Indian Professionals Will Continue to Be Welcomed in US, Says Envoy

News 18  

Observing that people-to-people contacts and growing business linkages, especially in the technology and innovation sectors, are important aspects of expanding India-US strategic partnership, New Delhi’s top diplomat here has exuded confidence that Indian professionals will continue to be welcomed in America. People-to-people contacts and growing business linkages, especially in technology and innovation sectors, are important aspects of expanding India-US strategic …

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