Trump Administration to Raise Merit Based Immigration To 57%
The Donald Trump administration in the US is proposing a nearly five-fold increase in merit-based legal immigration and half those based on family
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H1B visa Immigration news
Employers Looking To Hire H-1Bs Need To Prove Future Work Exists
Companies seeking H-1B workers are being asked to prove they’ll have definite assignments for the full three-year term of the visa, the latest
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Will per Country Cap Removal from Green Card Bill Raise Hope for Indians?
With the potential to positively impact almost 300,000 Indian nationals living in the U.S. who are waiting for green cards (and to a
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Revocation of right work of H1B spouses can impact their autonomy
A recently released research paper, points out that if the right to work, currently available to dependent spouses of a certain category of
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Green cards country cap removal and changes in H-1B visa proposed
U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1044, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, by a vote of 365 to 65. The
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Agreement Reached On Proposed Immigration Legislation In The US Senate
Given the opposition of the former Judiciary Committee chair, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), who had blocked a similar bill in 2011, the Fairness
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Latest Court Cases on Immigration Restriction, OPT and H1B Spouses
Two important lawsuits may affect whether international students and the spouses of H-1B visa holders will continue to be permitted to work in
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Favoring Cap Lifting For Green Card Will Benefit H-1B Visa Holders
The US House of Representatives will vote Tuesday on legislation that seeks to lift the country-cap on issuing green cards. Being supported by
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Unselected H-1B Petitions for FY 2020 Returned by USCIS
The H-1B season for the Fiscal Year 2020 has officially come to a close. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has
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STEM Shortages May Increase Due to Tighten H1B Selection Rules
Following the “Buy American and Hire American” executive order in April 2017, it’s been difficult for companies to hire talent from abroad. New visa restrictions
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