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United States
Indian H-1B Engineer Raghunandan Yandamuri Guilty of Double Murder – Faces death penalty
Raghunandan Yandamuri has been found guilty of double murder of 61-year-old Satyavathi Venna and her 10-month-old grand-daughter Saanvi Venna at their apartment in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania following a failed kidnapping bid in October 2012. […]
Business & Economics
Work Permits For Spouses of H1-B Visa Holders Will Help Families, Economy
NEW YORK (TIP): The news that the United States has finally decided to amend its regulations to allow the dependent spouses of the specialized H-1B visa holders to work was hailed with jubilation by Indian […]
Business & Economics
H-1B visa issue: US begins probe of TCS, Infosys
The US Department of Labor has opened up an investigation against TCS and Infosys for possible violations of H-1B visa rules, indicating that there could be tougher regulations ahead for onsite workers. As the campaigning […]
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F1 visa Students maybe able to work in USA for upto 6 years under OPT
Update : F1 Visa | OPT STEM |Court Says USCIS Rule Allowing 17-Month STEM Extension Is Revoked — Read more – Stay has been put in place until February 12, 2016 Earlier Update: Department of Homeland Security […]
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NO STOPPING H4 WORK PERMITS : LAWSUIT DISMISSED
[quote_center] ALSO READ : DHS Starts Accepting Work Permit Applications For H4 Visa Holders [/quote_center] NEW YORK (TIP) – The spouses of guest workers with H-4 visas may apply for jobs in the United States, after a […]
United States
Hundreds of IT workers at Disney replaced by H-1B, L-1 visa workers from India
WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): A number of information technology workers who were formerly laid off by Disney have come forward in an interview with Computerworld to describe a system they believe was systematically designed to replace […]
United States
H4 WORK PERMITS HALTED: LAWSUIT FILED BY SAVE JOBS USA
READ UPDATE ON THIS STORY : [quote_box_center]H4 WORK PERMITS ALLOWED : LAWSUIT FILED BY SAVE JOBS USA DISMISSED[/quote_box_center] WASHINGTON (TIP): The lawsuit, co-led by the Immigration Reform Law Institute, centers not on the H-1B “high-tech” employment […]
United States
US workers fired, forced to train foreign replacements: Senators seek probe
WASHINGTON (TIP): A popular visa program allegedly is being misused by U.S. companies to lay off thousands of American workers and replace them with foreign labor. And, adding insult to injury, many of the laid-off […]
United States
United States to start accepting H-1B petitions from April 1
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States government will start accepting petitions for the H-1B visas, the most sought after work visa for Indian IT professionals, from April 1, an official release said. The congressionally mandated cap […]
United States
Highly skilled immigrant spouses can soon work in US on H-4 visa
The Obama administration announced a visa rule revision that will let spouses of some highly skilled immigrants apply to work in the United States starting this year. Leon Rodriguez, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, […]
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Speaker Boehner deserves appreciation for his principled stand on immigration legislation
House Speaker John Boehner has done well to speak out hismind on an important issue that has beenhanging fire for many years now. It is givingstatus to more than 11 million undocumentedimmigrants. It is a […]
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INDIA GOT 93,000 US WORK VISAS IN 2013
CHENNAI (TIP): US President Barack Obama was not too far off the mark when he told students at Maryland recently that Americans would have to compete against Indians and Chinese for good jobs in the […]
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U.S. may allow H1B spouses to work during green card wait
WASHINGTON (TIP): In a rare move that flies in the face of anti-immigrant rhetoric in some corners of the U.S. the Department of Homeland Security announced in recent weeks that it was proposing to provide […]
United States
United States
Six-fold increase in Green cards for Indians
NEW YORK (TIP): Indians chasing the American dream have reason to cheer. In 2012, as many as 35,472 Indians with H- 1B visas got green cards, up from 6,000 in 2011 – accounting for more […]
United States
US uses lottery to choose recipients of H-1B visas
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US federal agency, which received nearly 124,000 applications for the H-1B visas, has used lottery to determine who all would be given the most sought after work visas among IT professionals. The […]
United States
USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2014 on April 1, 2013
Premium Processing for Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions to Begin April 15, 2013 WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced March 15 that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) […]
United States
Us Entices Future Techies With H-1b Visas, Green Cards
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States is poised to turn the so-called outsourcing visa into a skill importing programme. American lawmakers are on the verge of overhauling immigration laws, including the infamous H-1B visa, which critics […]