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US visa success more likely for Chinese nationals than Indians and Trump is making it worse

21:44 26/12/2017
An article published by The Economic Times of India says that Chinese nationals are more likely to gain a US visa than Indian citizens. Based on US visa refusal rates, an Indian national applying for...

457 visa changes slammed by Australian business leaders and former WTO chief

23:00 19/07/2017
Australian business leaders, along with a former chief of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), have launched a scathing attack on the Turnbull government over 457 visa changes. Business leaders and...

US Trump visa curbs on H1B and L1 visas prompt Indian IT Group Nasscom to spend record sum on lobbying

19:50 17/06/2017
Indian IT industry body, Nasscom, has increased spending on lobbying against US visa changes by over one-third amid massive layoffs and curbs on US visas, including H1B and L1 visas . According to...

Trump says he will add further restrictions to H1B and L1 visa schemes

7:57 18/12/2016
President elect Donald Trump has vowed to put an end to what he calls H-1B and L-1 visa “abuse” in a bid to tackle what he sees as the loss of ‘American’ jobs. Fortunately it seems that he has not...

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...

Discriminatory US H-1B and L-1 visa fee action concerns Nasscom Chief

14:18 13/10/2016
Despite shrugging of pre-election anti immigration remarks by Donald Trump and others concerning US work visas, the chief of India’s software trade lobby group the National Association of Software...

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