American lawmakers urge Trump to revoke temporary suspension of H-1B visas
Top American lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to revoke the temporary suspension of H-1B and other non-immigrant visas. “I’m ...
H-1B visa holders do not adversely affect US workers: think-tank report
The H-1B visa-holders, a majority of them Indian IT professionals, do not adversely affect Americans, according to new research, which ...
US denies H-1B visas to 1 in 5 applicants, Indian IT firms most affected
The US has denied one in every fifth new petitions for the most-sought after H-1B visas in 2019 to individuals ...
India pitches for H-1B visa holders during 2+2 dialogue
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has pitched strongly for the issuance of H-1B visa to Indians, underling their significant contributions ...
Fake call centre busted, 45 arrested: Noida police
Forty-five people were arrested after a fake call centre, which allegedly duped people in the guise of popular shopping portals ...
Union government’s BPO policy eye large scale employment
The union government is devising a new incentive-driven BPO policy, inspired by internet companies like Amazon and MakeMyTrip that hire ...
H1B visa: US lawmakers worried about spike in Request for Evidences
US lawmakers and experts have expressed concern over the US immigration agency’s increasing demand for “irrelevant” or previously furnished information ...
H-1B visa holders set to benefit as US eliminates country cap on green cards
The US House Of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% ...
No H-1B visa caps for data localisation: US State Department
The US has no plans to impose caps on the H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to ...
HCL sued in US over H-1B visa misuse, hiring bias against Americans
HCL Technologies and its US subsidiary are the target of a class action lawsuit that alleges discrimination against non-South Asian ...
Visa abuse: US court dismisses whistleblower’s suit against Infosys, Apple
A US court in the state of California has dismissed lawsuit against Apple and Infosys over allegations that it abused ...
IT industry seeks clarity on tax provisions for BPO/KPO services, quashing of angel tax
IT industry body Nasscom has urged the government to clarify tax provisions that treat BPO-KPO services as intermediaries under GST ...
