$100 million in grants to reduce use of temporary US work visas
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13:14 25/06/2016
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has pledged $100 million in 'tuition-free job training grants' in a bid to help US businesses reduce their use of temporary US work visas, including the popular H-1B...
Indian MPs lobby US Congress over immigration reform
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Seven Indian MPs have travelled to Washington to lobby Congressmen about the comprehensive immigration reform act currently being debated by the US Congress. The MPs say that proposed changes to the...
US senator says Indian IT firms are abusing H-1B work visa
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Dick Durbin, a Democratic Party senator from Illinois, has said that Indian IT firms like TCS, Infosys and Tata Consulting are abusing the US H-1B temporary work visa. Mr Durbin told the Senate...
Indian outsourcers face higher H-1B fees if new US immigration law is passed
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The so-called 'Gang of Eight' has released its draft immigration reform bill and it seems that one of the main losers may be Indian outsourcing companies which have, in recent years, become major...
US senators propose rise in number of H-1B visas
13:02 30/01/2013
Four senators, two Republicans and two Democrats, have come together to sponsor a new bill in the Senate that could, if it became law, see the US grant 300,000 H-1B visas a year. It would also see a...
US tech industry pushes for more H-1B visas
14:18 13/02/2006
President Bush's recent call for more visas for skilled foreign workers increases the likelihood that relief is on the way for U.S. technology firms that say they are struggling to fill key positions...
