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Salary-Weighted H-1B Visa Selection: Tough on Indian undergraduate student
Updated : 2 days, 9 hours ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 12: MPOWER Financing, a leading global firm enabling high-potential international students to pursue higher education abroad, has shared its assessment of the newly announced changes to the U.S. H-1B visa program. MPOWER's internal modeling, based on the
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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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"Totally unacceptable": Telangana CM Revanth Reddy on H1B visa fee hike
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) made a major overhaul to the H-1B visa programme, imposing a steep USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications.
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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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"H-1B program is a scam": Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
During an interview on Fox News on Wednesday (local time), he claimed that companies often train American workers alongside H-1B visa holders, only to lay off the Americans and hire the foreign workers. DeSantis added that this practice is unacceptable and hurts American workers.
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"Cloud over plight of over 20,000 'undocumented' Indians": Foreign affairs
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Sachdev emphasised that even though Indians are major beneficiaries of the H-1B visa program, with over 300,000 Indian students in the US, the plight of these 20,000 undocumented Indians remains a concern.
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"We should welcome additional immigrants": Former US NSA Bolton on H-1B vi
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton called for reforms in the US immigration system, particularly on the matter of the H-1B visa programme, expressing support for increasing legal immigration and recognising its value as a strength for the country.
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US: President Trump reaffirms support for H-1B visas, calls for skilled im
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance on the H-1B visa program, which allows employers in the US to hire nonimmigrant workers for speciality occupations, stating that the country needs "competent" and "great" individuals to come to the US and that this can be achieved through th
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"I've always been in favour...": Donald Trump affirms support for "great"
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
"I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I've been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It's a great programme," Trump said.
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Biden administration unveils proposed reforms to controversial H-1B Visa p
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Department of Homeland Security has initiated rulemaking to simplify eligibility requirements, offer more flexibility to both employers and foreign workers, and combat fraud and abuse within the programme.
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