‘One district in India got 220,000 H-1B visas’: US economist explains ‘fraud’, says only 12% comes from China

Former US Rep and economist Dr Dave Brat trained the guns at India over the H-1B visa program and said that while the national cap for H-1B is 85,000, one Indian district got 220,000 H-1B visas which is 2.5 times the limit. “When you hear H-1B, think of your family, because these fraudulent visas just […]

‘Hard to believe that…’: Senators write to Amazon, Apple, JPMorgan Chase amid H-1B row; ‘explain why you hire, how much wage you give’

Senators ask Amazon, Apple to explain why they hire H-1Bs. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley who called for stopping work permits to student visa holders in the US has now charged the top 10 tech companies and asked them to explain why they continue to hire H-1Bs, how much they pay them etc. The Wall Street […]

‘Cottage industry…mostly from one country’: Republican Governor slams H-1B, India

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said H-1B is a scam and only Indians are hired in this visa program. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, known for his anti-H-1B stance, called out the visa program once again and termed it a ‘scam’ and ‘cottage industry’. Targeting India, the Republican leader said most of the H-1B workers are from […]

H-1B cap cases denied because of digital signatures? All you need to know

Several cases of H-1B petition being denied were reported because of digital signatures which the agency is not accepting any more. Some immigration law offices that deal with H-1B petitions have raised an alert that they are seeing denials of benefit requests over the validity of signatures. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services intensified their […]

H-1B visa: US considering ‘weighted selection process’ for hiring foreigners, DHS drafting new rule

No lottery for H-1B? New rule may add weightage on the wage offered for a position. The Donald Trump administration is considering introducing a new process for H-1B hiring under the capped part of the system. The Department of Homeland Security sent the proposal to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for […]