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‘We’re going to change the green card’: Trump team plots H-1B shake-up — what it means for Indians

[ad_1] The Trump administration is planning a major overhaul of the United States’ H-1B visa and green card systems, signalling a shift towards wage-based immigration and merit-driven selection. US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday said he is involved in the proposed reforms, which aim to replace the current lottery-based system with a more selective […]

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

[ad_1] 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 […]

‘If you are trying to brain-drain Bangalore…’: US economist’s H-1B explanation goes viral

[ad_1] Economist Peter St Onge’s H-1B explanation goes viral. American economist Peter St Onge’s video explaining the H-1B system and what changes the Donald Trump administration is trying to bring is has gone viral as he summarized that the H-1B overhaul that Trump is planning will restore the visa program to what it was meant […]

‘You don’t live here’: Google engineer shares H-1B woes, says she’s anxious about making mistakes

[ad_1] Indian-origin Google employee shares how H-1B, despite giving the cushion of good bank balance, always makes her life in the US feel temporary. A 30-year-old Google software engineer, Surbhi Madan, shared her experience of being on an H-1B visa, though she calls the US her home since 2013, when she came to the country […]

H-1B hiring: Tech companies accused of bending rules with newspaper job listings

[ad_1] A report claims tech companies are bending rules to hire H-1Bs. Amid mass layoffs from major tech companies, the companies have now been accused of bending hiring rules in the local newspaper advertisements that they are mandated to advertise before hiring. While the rules say these roles are to be advertised for US-born workers, […]

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

[ad_1] 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 […]

Troubles mount! One in six NRIs on H-1B visas feel threat of US deportation; many thinking of returning to India: Poll

[ad_1] H-1B visa trouble: A growing number of Indian professionals in the US on H-1B visas are facing an unexpected and alarming threat of deportation landing on their doorsteps before the official 60-day grace period even runs out. Laid off and staring down the barrel of a possible permanent US ban, many say it feels […]

New H-1B proposal to possibly replace lottery clears White House review: What it means, what’s next?

[ad_1] The new H-1B proposal has got cleared by a White House department. The proposal will possibly replace H-1B lottery with wage-based selection. A new H-1B proposal, drafted by the Department of Homeland Security, to possibly replace the visa lottery, was approved by a key White House office, Bloomberg reported. The proposal may get public […]

H-1B row: Trump aide Harmeet K Dhillon says US’ medical system is broken, ‘My father was a foreign medical graduate’

[ad_1] Indian-origin Trump official Harmeet K Dhillon said US’ medical system is broken. Donald Trump administration’s Assistant Attorney General, India-born Harmeet K Dhillon, waded into the ongoing H-1B row and slammed the US medical system. Citing the example of his father who was a foreign medical graduate and, Dhillon said her father was the only […]

Trump’s DOJ defends Obama-era policy to give work permits to spouses of H-1B migrants: Report

[ad_1] Trump DOJ defends policy to give work permits to the spouses of H-1B workers. Donald Trump’s Department of Justice said in a court-ordered response that the Attorney General can give work permits to migrants even though Congress explicitly bars the hiring of illegal migrants, Breitbart reported. This response came in the context of a […]