US H-1B visa race set for April 1
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19:28 23/03/2006
US Citizenship and Immigration services will begin accepting petitions for H-1B visas for workers for the US fiscal year beginning 2007 on the first of April. The visas are sure to be snapped up...
Bill Gates lobbies again for more US H1B visas
13:46 20/03/2006
Lobbying for an increase in the number of H-1B visas , Microsoft chief Bill Gates has called high-skilled immigration the "number one thing" that the software giant needs. He called it "ironic" that...
US state governors want immigration changes
10:13 27/02/2006
A growing number of US governors are complaining about illegal immigrants pouring into their states, pushing the Bush administration and Congress for action. Republicans and Democrats alike on Sunday...
US tech industry pushes for more H-1B visas
14:18 13/02/2006
President Bush's recent call for more visas for skilled foreign workers increases the likelihood that relief is on the way for U.S. technology firms that say they are struggling to fill key positions...
Opinion: the catch-22 of US immigration policy
11:10 13/02/2006
This article appeared in the Washington Post, and is an opinion piece written by two lawyers. Stacy Caplow is a professor and director of the Safe Harbor Project at Brooklyn Law School. Lauren...
EU wants visa-free travel for all its members to US
19:46 09/02/2006
The European Union and several eastern European countries are calling on Washington to allow visa-free travel to the US from all EU countries, warning on Feb. 8 that the issue is festering and could...
