Washington — In a major move that could benefit Indian technology firms and their employees, President Barack Obama March 24 announce that he was easing the process to obtain L-1B work visas for corporate executives to attract foreign investment and bring workers with specialized knowledge to the U.S. “I’m pleased to announce a new action…
H-1B Visa: Recent news of H-1B employees working in facebook and Google, which allowed spouse of H-1B visa holder to apply for citizenship and green card, more news regarding expanding the visa program have not gone down well with members of U.S senate. The H-1B visa allowed foreign national to work legally work in the…
Q: What is an H-1B Visa? A: An H-1B visa is a temporary, employment-based visa status for skilled foreign guest workers. Administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the H-1B program allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers for jobs requiring a college degree or equivalent experience. The fast-growth IT industry has a high…
American Companies, Economy Suffer Under Anticompetitive U.S. System Washington – A new analysis released today by Business Roundtable finds U.S. employment-based immigration policies are “mostly unfavorable” to economic growth and have placed the United States ninth out of 10 advanced economies. “When it comes to immigration policy, America is losing the competitive race for global…
Late last year, I wrote on the controversial executive actions on immigration that President Obama announced in November. As I noted then, those executive actions include several initiatives that will make it easier for employers to hire and retain highly skilled foreign national workers. One of these initiatives—finalizing new regulations to provide work authorization to…
How can 104 legal scholars and immigration law instructors be wrong and one judge be right? This is the question that has left many following the news regarding President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration and conservative U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s attempt to block that order scratching their heads. Friday, March 13, a group…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The executive chairman at Google urged Congress on Wednesday to increase the number of high-skilled work visas made available to foreigners and to deal with other immigration issues later on.Eric Schmidt spoke Wednesday at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Schmidt said he believes the United States is better off…
Washington — Calling H-1B workers from India, who are replacing Americans, as “indentured servants,” a whistleblower from the Indian IT giant Infosys said they have minimal skills and little or no business knowledge, and asked lawmakers not to increase the number of these much sought-after visas and plug in the loopholes in the immigration system.…
On Tuesday, I had the honor of testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in my capacity as an immigrant entrepreneur, former H-1B visa holder, and now-U.S. citizen about the immense economic benefit that the H-1B visa program provides to our country; I’ve seen this first hand in my own experience, where I’ve worked hard to…