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Japan to overhaul foreign labor system with new 426,000 worker cap, skill-
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Japan is preparing for a major overhaul of its foreign labour policies, balancing a desperate need for workers with growing public concern over immigration, Kyodo News reported.
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"I'm gonna welcome those people": Trump defends H-1B visas, counters MAGA
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
US President Donald Trump defended the H-1B visa programme, arguing that skilled foreign workers are essential for advanced industries. He said critics in his MAGA base "don't understand" that companies need experts to train Americans, even as some Republicans urge him to end the programme.
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India to repatriate citizens detained in Thailand after Myanmar cybercrime
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to the Bangkok Post, several Indian nationals crossed into Thailand following a raid by the Myanmar military on the KK Park compound, a site notorious for running international cyber scams. The military operation forced hundreds of foreign workers at the compound to flee across
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Israel issuing hundreds more permits for foreign restaurant workers
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of Economy and Industry is issuing 650 permits for the employment of foreign workers in the restaurant industry.
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Companies likely to share the H1B visa incremental cost with clients at a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The US decision to impose a USD 100,000 fee on new H1-B visas for foreign workers will snip just 10-20 basis points from the operating margins of Indian information technology (IT) services companies next fiscal, with the pass-through estimated at 30-70 per cent, as per a Crisil Intelligence
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Trump's H-1B visa fee hike "two-edged sword" for US innovation, India's IT
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Former senior Indian diplomat Mahesh Sachdev on Saturday described US President Donald Trump's proclamation of imposing a USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications as a "two-edged sword", warning that it could undermine America's IT innovation while significantly impacting Indian com
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Congress leaders slam US decision to Impose $100K H-1B visa fee
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
President Trump's presidential proclamation is set to take effect on September 21. The order represents one of the Trump administration's most aggressive efforts yet to overhaul the H-1B visa programme. Framed as a crackdown on "systemic abuse", it places strict financial and compliance burd
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Tech giants urge H-1B holders to stay in US after Trump's visa overhaul, a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid the looming implementation of US President Donald Trump's overhaul of the H-1B visa programme, tech giants Amazon and Microsoft on Saturday advised their foreign employees holding H-1B and H-4 visas to immediately return to the United States and urged the H-1B holders to stay in the
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Spotlight on IT companies as Trump imposes USD 100,000 fee for H1B visas
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) issued a new presidential proclamation titled "Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers" that introduces a major overhaul to the H-1B visa programme, imposing a steep USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications, raising fre
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New visa programme will end foreign workers 'taking jobs from hard-working
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick lauded the Trump administration's recent overhaul in its visa programmes, announcing that these new visa programmes will ensure foreign workers provide "significant benefit" to the US by ending practices where they "take jobs from hard-working Ameri
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Trump Administration imposes USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visas
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Trump administration has announced a massive increase in H-1B visa fees, imposing a USD 100,000 annual charge that will fundamentally alter how American companies hire skilled foreign workers, particularly impacting Indian IT professionals who comprise the largest group of beneficiari
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Ohio Senator proposes legislation to tax companies that hire foreign worke
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The legislation, which was introduced on Sunday is set to impose a tax on any company that employs foreign labor instead of Americans and will use the generated revenue to fund workforce development programs with an aim to aid the American middle-class.
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