US Congress votes to increase visa fees, not visa limits
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17:07 21/11/2005
Thousands of India's skilled workers hoping for a career in the US may be disappointed. The House of Representatives has passed its version of the budget deficit reduction bill without any proposal...
US votes to increase H1B visa numbers
9:51 07/11/2005
The US Senate voted in favour of increasing the cap on H-1B visas by 30,000 to 95,000 from next year. The H-1B visa is largely used in the IT industry to employ skilled professionals, and industry...
Research finds US H1B visa holders paid less
15:58 26/10/2005
A recent report suggests that US employers are using the H-1B visa program to pay lower wages than the national average for programming jobs. According to "The Bottom of the Pay Scale: Wages for H-1B...
US lawmakers consider increasing H1B visa quota
14:59 24/10/2005
The US government would issue 30,000 more H-1B visas to high-tech and other skilled foreign workers each year and increase fees for those visas under a measure proposed by a Senate committee. The...
Dependent spouses of US H-1B visa holders often frustrated
10:45 11/10/2005
For thousands of immigrant women professionals who arrive in the United States as spouses on their husbands' visas, being forced to stay at home and not work is difficult and depressing. The...
Wall Street Journal calls for no limits to H-1B visas
18:20 29/08/2005
Within the last week, two US states along the border with Mexico - Arizona and New Mexico - have declared states of emergency due to soaring violence and human and drug smuggling connected to illegal...
