The US government’s public database that shows which companies hire H-1B visa workers is offline, and important search tools and recent data are missing.The H-1B Employer Data Hub was run by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and was used for analyzing companies participating in the visa programme.The site previously allowed users to search […]
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it had increased vetting of H-1B visa applicants for highly skilled workers, instructing that anyone involved in “censorship” of free speech should be considered for rejection, according to an internal State Department memo.H-1B visas allow US employers to hire foreign workers in specialty fields and are crucial for […]
Indian-origin tech leader Apoorva Govind speaks out on H-1B issue. Amid a renewed controversy over whether American jobs should be reserved for Americans and not skilled foreigners, Indian-origin tech leader Apoorva Govind presented a detailed analysis of the tech situation, breaking down which tech companies need what type of skills. Govind said she had been […]
India on Friday flagged its concerns to the US over the cancellation of pre-scheduled H-1B visa interviews for large numbers of Indian applicants and said both sides were engaged on the issue. The interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants slated from the middle of this month in India were abruptly postponed by several months […]
White House office approves DHS plan of scrapping 60-day grace period for H-1B visa holders. H-1B visa holders in the US used to get a 60-day grace period to stay in the US once they lose their jobs. This grace period has been a cushion to help H-1B visa holders look for another job, figure […]
Former Meta techie says he has to make the tough decision of returning to India after being laid off. A former techie at Meta who got laid off in the latest round of firing that happened in May said he had to make the hard decision of leaving the US, the country where he built […]
Texas is not renewing the driver’s licenses of those visa holders whose stamping has expired. Immigration attorney Emily Neumann has confirmed that what started as some sporadic incidents of Texas denying renewal of a driver’s license to those whose visa stamping had expired is now becoming a new rule that would affect visa holders in […]
A US federal judge on Monday struck down the $100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump had imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, calling it unlawful.District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued a ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenging the fee announced by Trump in […]
A US State Department spokesperson recently said that no visa laws specifically target India — all new rules are being globally implemented. As India contributes the highest number of H-1B visa holders to the US, any change in the H-1B visa rule affects Indi first. The social media vetting introduced in December 2025 pushed H-1B […]
Chip Roy has proposed a new bill against H-1B visa program Republican Chip Roy, Texas Rep, has brought a new bill to end the H-1B visa abuses, calling it the American White-Collar Worker Jobs Act. “It’s time to end this lottery-based pipeline and replace it with a system that prioritizes merit, enforces real wage standards, […]
