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10 Nov 2022

'India is number one priority': US visa processing time to become shorter

The plan is to issue around one lakh visas every month, a senior official of the US embassy said.

18 Mar 2021

Indian-American healthcare workers hold demonstration outside US Capitol

A group of Indian-American frontline healthcare workers languishing in the Green Card backlog held a demonstration in front of the US Capitol. A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently in the country.

12 Jun 2020

Donald Trump considering suspending H1B, other visas: Report

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

09 Nov 2018

‘Dramatic increase in H1B visas being held up by US immigration department’

A coalition of American employers representing top IT companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft has alleged that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services is acting outside of its own regulations.

23 Jun 2017

China hopes India, US won't disturb South China Sea peace

Modi will meet Trump for the first time on June 26 and a range of issues are likely to come up, including H1B visas and terrorism.

20 May 2017

No reduction in H1B visas to India: Sitharaman

In a bid to ease apprehensions of the IT industry over the H1B visas, Commerce Ministry Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that India will get the same number of visas, though only the category of people to whom these are awarded may undergo a change.

01 Mar 2017

Donald Trump's policies, Kansas shooting compound woes of Indians

Anxiety among Indian immigrants in the US over the proposed tightening of work visa rules under the Trump administration has been compounded by fears in the wake of the fatal shooting of an Indian engineer in Kansas.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar

26 Feb 2017

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to visit US, H1B visas, safety of Indians likely to be discussed

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will embark on a visit to the United States on 28 February.

20 Jan 2017

New legislation to tighten H1B visas to foreign techies; may hurt Indian IT firms

Two powerful US Senators have announced they will introduce a legislation which, if passed by the Congress, would give preference to foreigners studying in American universities.

12 Jan 2017

Trump nominee for Attorney General promises curbs on H1B visas

Trump's nominee for the post of Attorney General has assured lawmakers of taking steps towards pushing legislative measures to curb misuse of H-1B and L1 work visas significantly used by Indian IT professionals.

05 Jan 2017

Bill targeting H1B visas reintroduced in US Congress

A bill backing key changes in the H1-B programme that allows skilled workers from countries like India to fill high-tech jobs in the US has been re-introduced in the US Congress by two lawmakers who claim that that it will help crack down on the work visa abuse.

US presidential aspirant

03 Nov 2015

US presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee against increasing H1B visas

Huckabee referred to the displaced workers at Disney to demonstrate how increasing H-1B visas negatively impacts the American worker.

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