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...
US immigration says L-1B visa process is 'too subjective'
12:26 19/06/2014
A report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Homeland Security (DOH) has claimed that US immigration staff find it difficult to assess whether applicants for L-1B...
US L-1B visa refusal rates increase
11:03 31/03/2014
A report by an influential US think-tank says that refusal rates for L-1B visas have risen each year over the last decade and seem still to be rising. According to the National Foundation for...
Indian outsourcer says half US L1 visa applications are declined
17:56 12/03/2014
The Indian outsourcing firm Tata Consulting says that half of the applications it makes for US visas are being declined by US immigration. As a result, Tata is employing many more workers from the...
Infosys pays $34m to US immigration but denies visa abuse
10:33 06/11/2013
The Indian IT outsourcing giant Infosys has agreed to pay $34m in settlement of a case brought against it by the US Department of State, US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of...
US tech chiefs lobby Obama and Congress on H-1B visas and green cards
19:02 18/03/2013
The chief executives of some of the most famous companies in the world have written a public letter to President Obama to press him to support legislation that would allow more skilled immigration...
