H-1B

The federal agency for immigration services said it is wrong to assume that sacked workers holding the H-1B visas have to leave the country within 60 days. The remarks came amid mass layoffs in the tech sector and the agency also asserted…

In a move that could benefit tens of thousands of foreign tech workers on H-1B and L1 visas, the US is planning to resume “domestic visa revalidation” in certain categories on a pilot basis with the goal of scaling it up in the next few…

MUMBAI: Mass layoffs at Twitter and also other companies such as Stripehave led erstwhile employees to flock to social media in droves to express gratitude for an awesome working experience and also to job hunt. Stringent immigration…

Twitter’s mass layoffs have put a lot of pressure on the fired employees who were foreign nationals working in the US. The former employees, on H-1B visas, have flocked to social media to hunt for jobs as the stringent immigration policies…

MUMBAI: The US Citizenship an Immigration Services (USCIS) has officially announced that it has received a sufficient number of petitions (applications) needed to reach the annual quota for H-1Bcap visas of 85,000 (which include 20,000 for…

MUMBAI: A recent report released by the US Department of Homeland Security shows that India-born individuals continued to bag a significant portion of H-1B visas allotted during fiscal 2021. During fiscal 2021, the US Citizenship and…

Contrary to the popular opinion, H-1B visa holders in the United States are among the highest paid workers, new evidence suggests. The median wage of all US workers in 2021 was about $45,000 and the top 10% workers earn a wage…

Two US lawmakers have introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that aims at granting an automatic right to H-4 visa holders to work in the country, a move which will benefit the spouses of thousands of foreigners, including…

The US has received enough petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for the fiscal year 2022, a federal agency has announced. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that…

MUMBAI: The denial rate for new H-1B applications (petitions) for initial employment during fiscal 2021 (year ended September 30, 2021) has dipped to 4 per cent, this is significantly lower than the denial rate of 13 per cent in fiscal…