H-1B visa News
Steve Bannon calls for an exit visa policy for foreign graduates; sparks debate over student and skilled worker immigration pathways.
The Trump administration is introducing changes to the H-1B visa program which allows U.S employers to hire skilled foreign workers for specialised roles.
The H-1B visa is a key pathway for skilled foreign workers seeking jobs in the US.
On Tuesday, Trump also opened up on his stance regarding the H-1B foreign guest workers' visa, saying he likes both sides of the argument on the H-1B visa.
TCS dismissed the allegations as baseless, stating that it has never participated in illegal discrimination.
Every year the US gives 65,000 H-1B visas open to all and 20,000 to those with advanced US degrees.
US will conduct a rare 2nd lottery for H-1B visa applicants
It would provide another chance to hundreds of Indian IT professionals who could not make it in the first random selection
The H-1B visa allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
The Biden administration is willing to reconsider the objections to foreign workers on visas like H-1B by the previous Trump administration.
The move is expected to come to the rescue of a large number of Indian IT professionals.
US President Joe Biden lifted a ban on green cards imposed by Donald Trump
The move will impact many Indians working in the US
Donald Trump last spring halted the issuance of green cards
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.
India is working with the US on the extension of H-1B ban, the MEA has said
US President Donald Trump last month issued a proclamation where he extended the restrictions entry of immigrants and non-immigrants in the country
US President Donald Trump has extended the freeze on H-1B, other work visas until March 31
Indian IT professionals will be affected with this ban on H-1B visa
The US will reportedly put a temporary ban on the issuance of some work-based visas like the H-1B, which is popular among highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, as well as visas for students and work authorisation that accompanies them, due to the high level of unemployment caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 spread.
The company's H-1B petition on behalf of Anisetty was denied on the sole ground that the job offered to him did not qualify as an H-1B speciality occupation, the lawsuit said.
The report by US think tank comes days after US President Donald Trump said he is soon coming out with reforms that will give H-1B visa holders certainty to stay in America.
Donald Trump has assured to bring in changes that would simplify the H-1B visa and also add a degree of certainty to it.
The Trump administration has introduced a new set of stringent provisions to the H-1B labour application process.
The H-1B visas are the most sought-after among Indian IT professionals.
On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plans to come out with its new proposal by January 2019.
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