H1-B Visa
अमेरिका में काम कर रहे भारतीय IT और हेल्थकेयर पेशेवरों को राहत, ट्रंप प्रशासन ने H-1B ट्रैवल बैन में दी छूट
भारतीय आईटी पेशेवर और हेल्थकेयर सेक्टर में काम करने वाले लोगों के लिए राहत की खबर है
IT पेशेवरों को झटका! ट्रम्प सरकार H-1B वीजाधारकों को नौकरी देने से रोकेगी
अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प ने फेडरल एजेंसियों की ओर से H-1B वीजाधारकों को नौक
Indian companies to pay $4,000 more for H-1B visa fee
The H-1B visa is designed to allow US employers to recruit and employ foreign professionals in speciality occupations within the US while L-1 visas are available to employees of an international company with offices in both t
Will continue to raise H-1B, L1 visa fee hike with US: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The Centre will continue to take up the issue of hike in visa fees for Indian software professionals working in the US at the highest level with that government, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
US H-1B visa: Disney World hit by class action suits for replacing American workers with Indians
Disney World has been hit by two class action suits accusing it and two outsourcing firms of conspiring to replace workers with less costly foreign ones using US H-1B visas, mostly from India.
Visa to have impact running into multi-million dollars: Wipro
Wipro is looking to mitigate the impact of the recent H1B visa fee hike by hiring more locals in the US.
Visa fee hike to hamper trade ties with US: FICCI
Terming the hike in visa fee as "discriminatory", industry body FICCI today said the move will have a negative impact on efforts made by India and the US to build stronger trade ties.
Indian tech firms paid $22.5 bn taxes in US in FY 2011-15
Almost all Indian IT companies would pay between USD 8,000 and USD 10,000 per H-1B visa from April 1, when the next annual H-1B visa filing session starts, thus making it quite unsustainable economically for them.
US doubles fees for H1-B, L1 visas: What it means for IT companies
The US Congress on Thursday doubled a special fee on the H-1B and L-1 visas raising it to $4,000 on certain categories of H-1B visas and $4,500 on L-1 visas.
Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra fall as US doubles fees for H-1B, L1 visas
Infosys, TCS and Tech Mahindra fell after the US Congress doubled a special fee on the popular H-1B and L-1 visas raising it up to $4,500 to fund a 9/11 healthcare act and biometric tracking system that will hit Indian IT com
H-1B, L-1 visa fee hike could cost IT firms $400 mn per annum
The special fee of $4,000 has been levied on certain categories of H-1B visas and $4,500 will be charged for L-1 visas over a period of 10 years.
Editorial: IT’s not a partnership
On top of $1-bn hit, Indian IT firms’ visa costs up 4-fold
US to double H1B, L1 visa fee to upto $4,500 for Indian firms
The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to USD 4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas popular among Indian IT companies to fund a 9/11 healthcare act and biometric tracking system.
Cruz introduces bill to raise H-1B salary to 110k per annum
Seeking some political mileage for his White House run, Republican Ted Cruz has introduced a bill in the US Senate to make minimum salary of H-1B worker at USD 110,000 per annum...
15,000 H-1B visa cut bad for US if implemented: Here are 4 reasons why
The proposed 15,000 H-1B visa cut legislation introduced by two US senators will be counterproductive for the growth of the US technology industry, says Nasscom.
Comprehensive immigration reforms in US unlikely: Nasscom
IT industry body Nasscom today said it is unlikely that any comprehensive immigration reforms will take place in the US in immediate future, but it does not mean that threats of such arbitrary actions are non-existent.
‘H-1B visa issue is a political thing, we’ll have to deal with it’
In the tech industry, there is a realisation that there is lack of talent within the US market and that there is lot of technology capability from India which they can leverage pravin rao, Infosys COO
H-1B visa reform bill introduced in US Senate
Two US Senators have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the Senate seeking reform of H-1B visa programme and modify wage requirements while also calling for a sense of urgency...
Donald Trump favours retaining foreign tech talent in US
Republican presidential hopeful and real estate tycoon Donald Trump today said he was not opposed to H-1B visas - popular with Indian IT professionals - and favours talented foreign students staying in the US after completing
US Congress lets ‘discriminatory’ outsourcing H-1B fee of $2,000 lapse
In a breather for Indian IT firms, the "discriminatory" USD 2,000 H-1B fee mostly imposed on them has now lapsed in a Republican-majority US Congress.
Need to expand H-1B visas: US India Business Council
Under Congressional-mandated existing laws, the United States every year grants 60,000 H-1B visas and another 20,000 to those foreign professionals who get higher degrees from a US university.
H-1B visas: Mark Zuckerberg backed group blasts Donald Trump’s immigration policy
An advocacy group backed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has slammed US presidential aspirant Donald Trump for his proposed immigration policy which would make it tougher for US companies to hire people on H-1B visas, hug
Donald Trump sounds death knell to H 1B visas
More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than 80 per cent for its bottom two, the Donald Trump campaign said.
US grants 86% H-1B visas to Indians: Study
Most of the H-1B visas granted by the US government for workers in computer jobs are for people from India, according to new data.
After Walt Disney laid off 250 employees, US Senator demands probe into misuse of H1-B visa programme
US Senator has demanded a probe into 'potential misuses' of H1-B visa programme following a report that Walt Disney has laid off about 250 employees and replaced them with Indians.
