Search Results: H-1B visas (1160)

DHS proposes new electronic registration and increase in number of visas for petitioners with US master’s degree.

ITServe Alliance challenges USCIS policy of approving short-term visas.

Given the congressional calendar, the bill introduced by Coffman and Krishnamoorthi is unlikely to pass.

Suspension of premium processing to cover more H-1B petitions; The agency says the move is to reduce delay.

The suit, filed in a New Jersey court, the policy memo harms their “ability to compete.”

The Depart of Labor says Cloudwick Technologies offered employees $8,300 per month, but paid only $800 per month.

USCIS report says Indian nationals received nearly 63 percent of new H-1B approved and 80 percent of H-1B extensions.

USCIS will not refund the filing fees of employers who indulged in filing multiple or duplicative H-1B petitions.

On an average, a high-skilled worker from India has to wait anywhere from nine to 11 years for his green card. Regarding increased scrutiny of the H-1B visa applications, the report said that between January 1 and August 31, 2017, the immigration agencies issued almost double RFEs.

According to the analysis, the maximum number of H-1B visas approved from 2010 to 2016 went to employers in the New York City metro area.

Crackdown and increased scrutiny result in fewer cold hiring.

H-1B visa applications including words like ‘ASAP,’ ‘subject to approval’ will end up being rejected, says the immigration agency.

The bill also wants to remove the current 20,000 visa limit for US master’s degree holders if their employers are willing to sponsor their green cards.

“American workers are increasingly at risk because the United States admits so many foreign workers,” says the Iowa Republican.

The proposal had caused widespread panic among H-1B employees from India.

The Chamber said the restrictions on H-1B visa will harm the US economy and business as it prevents merit-based immigration.

Why the Trump administration is unlikely to act on a proposal to eliminate H-1B extensions.

According to a report, the DHS is considering new regulations that “potentially could stop” H-1B holders from keeping “visas while their green card applications are pending.”

The administration is looking at changing the interpretation of the “may grant” clause of the act so as to enable it to stop extending the H-1B visa.

Increase in scrutiny and visa fees, along with the recently passed HR 170, is detrimental to bigger tech companies from India who file the H-1B applications.   

Although it is not a new rule, generally, it is assumed by the beneficiaries that they can work for only one employer during their H-1B visa status.

Immigration experts opine that the unfavorable view toward the H-1B visa classification is likely to affect businesses from next year.

Although the administration has not made any changes to the H-1B program so far, it is internally trying to discourage the work-visa through increased scrutiny and delays.

An Indian worker requests suggestions and help on Facebook to keep herself in the US after losing job offer due to unfavorable H-1B environ.  

The husband and wife duo helped their clients in getting H-1B visas approved.