[ad_1] TOI Correspondent from Washington: A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday struck down President Donald Trump’s controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, ruling that the administration lacked the legal authority to impose what the court described as an unauthorised tax on employers seeking to hire highly skilled foreign workers.The ruling by US District […]
[ad_1] A federal judge struck down H-1B visa fee as illegal. In a major blow to the Donald Trump administration and its plan to make H-1B visa program costlier, a federal judge declared that the $100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers is unlawful and […]
[ad_1] 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 […]
[ad_1] Fox News anchor asks Chip Roy why Republican Congressmen too supported the H-1B visa program for so long. As conservative news host and Fox journalist Laura Ingraham interviewed Republican Congressman Chip Roy on his new proposed legislation against the H-1B visa program, Ingraham told Roy that Congressmen from both parties are “culpable” for the […]
[ad_1] A proposed change to US student visa rules could make it much harder for international graduates, especially Indians, to stay and work in America after completing their studies, according to Danielle Goldman, CEO and co-founder of Build. Goldman warned that the proposal could worsen labour shortages in key sectors such as AI, technology and […]
[ad_1] A Nepal-born software engineer who left a high-paying job at Google after repeated visa setbacks has finally received his US green card.Pratik Karki, a San Francisco-based founder, shared the news in a viral post on X, saying he and his wife had both been granted permanent residency in US after a long and difficult […]
[ad_1] H-1B Redditor says got no response even after applying for 1500+ jobs. A Reddit post by an individual who claimed to be an H-1B visa holder went viral as he said he applied to over 1,500 roles across the US over the past few months and did not get even one call from any […]
[ad_1] Indian-origin tech leader in Canada says that before blaming H-1Bs, Americans should ask the corporations why they hire H-1Bs. An Indian-origin founder in Canada commented on the rampant targeting of H-1B visa holders in the US and explained that the situation is more complex than how MAGA portrays it. Vijayan Swaminathan, an Indian-origin tech […]
[ad_1] Thousands of H1-B visa holders in US may no longer be automatically required to leave the country while applying for permanent residency, after US immigration authorities issued a clarification on a controversial new policy introduced by the Trump administration.The clarification came days after the Trump administration released a major policy memo that narrowed the […]
[ad_1] For thousands of Indian tech workers in US, losing a job now means more than just unemployment. It can also trigger a 60-day countdown that may decide whether they can continue living in the country with their families.As AI-driven restructuring sweeps through Silicon Valley, layoffs at companies such as Meta, Amazon and Oracle are […]
