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H-1B Visa
The H-1B Visa Program provides American companies with the ability to employ foreign workers in the United States. This portal points to valuable H-1B resources on the web, and allows members to share their questions and experiences with... [more]
The H-1B Visa Program provides American companies with the ability to employ foreign workers in the United States. This portal points to valuable H-1B resources on the web, and allows members to share their questions and experiences with one another.
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After a slow start because of the recession, applications for the high-tech industry's favorite work visa, the H-1B, reached the cap of 65,000 this month, federal immigration authorities said this week.
- Demand For H-1b Visas Increasing (feedburner.com)
- H-1B Visa Demand Rebounding (eweek.com)
- Wipro, MS, Intel, Infy get maximum H-1B visas in '09 (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Overcoming an early slump in demand for H-1B visas, U.S. employers again hit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' cap of 65,000 for the controversial visas that allow foreign workers in specialty fields such as computer science and programming to work in the U.S. for three-six years. - Despite an early slump in U.S. employer demand for H-1B visas, the
USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) announced Dec. 22 it
had reached...
From eweek.com
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- H-1B visa use holds steady in '09 (infoworld.com)
- H-1B visa use by U.S. firms holds steady in '09 (computerworld.com)
After months of muted response, applications for H-1B work visa to the US, popular among Indian professionals, have reached its Congress-mandated cap 65,000 with the last two months witnessing a spike in demand.
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From business-standard.com
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The current U.S. immigration policy is barbaric, nonsensical and discriminates against most everyone. It is an archaic remnant of a bygone era, and one that needs to change immediately. For more than sixty years, the H-1B Visa program has been in effect. It is a program whereby Congress can limit the number of skilled foreigners whom U.S. companies can hire. In April each year U.S. companies, across the board, file petitions to hire...
From open.salon.com
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- Feds Plan Increased H1-B Site Inspections (eweek.com)
The nation’s guest worker system is flawed and needs to be reformed. But sometimes, it’s hard to find hard information about the extent of the program. The AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees (DPE) has obtained copies of previously unavailable U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reports on the controversial H-1B guest worker program.
The new materials are posted on DPE’s website in conjunction with the release of a new...
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From blog.aflcio.org
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Nearly 90 members of the U.S. House are co-sponsoring an immigration reform bill that would make some broad changes to the H-1B program, as well as take the high-skilled employment debate in new directions. The legislation would create a federal agency to review U.S. employment needs, a new type of visa for startup founders, as well as an increase the supply of H-1B visas.
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From infoworld.com
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This database shows all employers who received approval from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for new H-1B visas in federal fiscal year 2009.
From computerworld.com
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- Idea of the Day: Establish a Market-Based Mechanism to Set H-1B Levels (americanprogress.org)
- Only 800 of 65,000 H-1B slots up for grabs now (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
- H-1B Visa Beef May End Up in Supreme Court (groklaw.net)
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 would let employers tap into unused visas from previous years.
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From informationweek.com
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U.S. immigration officials are taking H-1B enforcement from the desk to the field with a plan to conduct 25,000 on-site inspections of companies hiring foreign workers. The inspections will occur during the government's 2010 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. The move marks a nearly five-fold increase in inspections over last fiscal year, when the agency conducted 5,191 site visits under a new site inspection program.
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From infoworld.com
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With the possible exception of network neutrality, no other subject is more likely to spark a debate than the issue of H-1B visas, the temporary work visa program allowing American companies and universities to employ foreign guest workers who have the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree. The tech industry wants the government to expand the program, while others think H-1Bs are used to replace American IT workers and administers at lower...
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From eweek.com
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US immigration authorities have announced that they would accept petitions for H-1B visas, popular among Indian professionals, without the certified Labour Condition Applications (LCAs) for a 120-day period till March 4 next year in view of processing delay at Department of Labour.
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From business-standard.com
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Without mentioning H-1B, Obama's says top foreign students should be welcomed in U.S. At the White House jobs summit yesterday, President Barack Obama warned against closing the door on foreign students, calling them one of the country's "greatest competitive advantages." Obama didn't mention H-1B visa specifically or cite any of the pending visa legislation in Congress on this matter, but in referring to foreign students as the "best and the...
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From freerepublic.com
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Over 11,000 H-1B visa slots, once the most sought-after among Indian professionals, are still vacant against the Congress-mandated cap of 65,000 for the fiscal 2010, according to US immigration authorities.
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From business-standard.com
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Computerworld - After losing two lower court decisions, a group of tech workers are turning to the U.S. Supreme Court in their fight against a federal decision that extended foreign student visas from one year to 29 months. The Programmers Guild and ...
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From search.live.com
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'The H-1B visa lull is only temporary'Demand for H-1B visas will rebound as economy recovers, especially among outsourcing firms that are the program's heaviest users. Expensive cities for expats
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From economictimes.indiatimes.com
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