Donald Trump US Visa plans to scrutinise L1 visa holders at Indian IT firms
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20:08 27/03/2017
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have confirmed plans for more scrutiny of foreign workers in the US on L1 visas in 2017. The plans mean that Indian IT companies, with a...
Threats to curb US L1 visas and H1B visas brushed off by Indian IT firms
11:19 10/03/2017
Threats made by senator Jeff Sessions – now the Attorney General appointed by Donald Trump now US President – have been brushed off by Indian IT firms. India’s tech industry says they’ve ‘arrived at...
India receives highest number of H-1B and L-1 visas despite USCIS Visa fee increases
15:28 16/10/2016
During the August 2016 visit to India, Michele Bond, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs revealed that despite a hike in USCIS H-1B and L-1 visa fees on December 19, 2015, Indian...
Indian firms report increased difficulty in getting L-1B US visas
12:41 10/10/2012
Indian firms are reporting that it is increasingly difficult to obtain L category US visas for their staff. Ameet Nivsarkar, a vice president at Nasscom, the Indian software industry body, has said '...
Indian tech-giant Infosys faces new visa fraud lawsuit
13:03 10/08/2012
Indian outsourcing giant, Infosys Technologies, is being investigated by federal authorities over visa fraud and is facing a second lawsuit over alleged abuse of the US work visa system. A former...
Increase in Chinese immigrating to US
9:51 01/05/2012
According to new statistics from the US government, 16,000 more Chinese immigrants came to the US in 2011 than in 2010. US Citizenship and Immigration Services data show that the US granted green...
