Microsoft presses US immigration for H-1B reform
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9:18 21/01/2013
Last year, Microsoft reported that it was looking for qualified IT professionals. Last September, it announced that it had 6,000 vacancies that it could not fill, 3,400 of these were IT roles. It...
LA mayor makes six proposals for US immigration reform
19:01 17/01/2013
The Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa has entered the immigration reform debate in the US by issuing a six-point reform plan. Mr Villaraigosa has written an article for the politico.com...
Entrepreneurs raise finance for tech hub in ocean off San Francisco
18:55 17/01/2013
A tech startup company, Blueseed, has raised seed finance to carry out research into the possibility of setting up a floating tech company incubator in international waters off the Pacific Coast of...
White House to push for US immigration reform immediately
10:08 15/01/2013
Anonymous Washington insiders have said that President Obama is to press ahead with efforts to achieve comprehensive immigration reform immediately. However, because of the almost complete lack of...
Number of H1B visas granted to Indians goes up in 2012
19:19 14/01/2013
US consular staff in India report that the number of H category visas granted in US consulates in India rose by 16,000 in the 2012 financial year while the number of L-1 visas granted fell slightly...
USCIS introduces online policy manual
10:50 10/01/2013
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun the introduction of an online manual that will inform and guide all its staff worldwide. It is hoped that this will lead to...
