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Yet Another Check-In Plan

The ‘I-squared’ Bill is the latest in a series of proposals to restrict the scope of the H1B visa

Feb 15, 2018

| Arindam Mukherjee

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Trump Administration's New Curbs On H1-B Visas To Narrow Definition Of 'Specialty Occupation'

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

Oct 07, 2020

| PTI
H-1B Visas Should Be Reserved Only For 'Specialised Talent': White House

The statement came hours after the Donald Trump administration announced new restrictions on H-1B nonimmigrant visa programme which it said is aimed at protecting American workers.

Oct 07, 2020

| PTI
H1B Visa: Democrats Urge Trump Admin To Exempt Healthcare Workers From Restrictions

President Donald Trump, in his June proclamation, banned the entry into the US of workers in several key non-immigrant visa categories, including the H-1B, arguing that they eat into American jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aug 05, 2020

| PTI
Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Against Hiring H1B Visa Holders In A Blow To Indian IT Professionals

The move comes over a month after the Trump administration on June 23 suspended the H-1B visas along with other types of foreign work visas until the end of 2020 to protect American workers in a crucial election year.

Aug 04, 2020

| PTI
US Trade Bodies File Lawsuit Against Suspension Of New H1B Visas Till End Of 2020

In his proclamation last month, President Donald Trump banned the entry into the US of workers in several key non-immigrant visa categories, including the H-1B, arguing that they eat into American jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jul 23, 2020

| PTI
Revocation Of Immigration Rules May Not End Victimisation Of Foreign Students In US

Notwithstanding the withdrawal of the most recent immigration restriction on foreign students, there is widespread fear that this student body will continue to be victimised in the long run – unless the Presidential election in November brings about real change.

Jul 17, 2020

| Saikat Majumdar
Setback For Indian Students As US Says Foreign Pupils Must Leave If Classes Go Fully Online

Officials in the International Students Office at the University of Southern California said they are still 'analysing the new information' and swamped by a flood of enquiries from worried students.

Jul 07, 2020

| IANS
Joe Biden Promises To Revoke H1B Visa Suspension, If Elected US President

On June 23, in a huge blow to Indian IT professionals eyeing the US job market, the Trump administration suspended the H-1B visas along with other types of foreign work visas until the end of 2020.

Jul 02, 2020

| PTI
H-1B Visa Suspension Will Harm American Businesses That Rely On Immigrants: US lawmakers

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

Jun 24, 2020

| PTI
Trump Considering Suspending H1B, Other Visas Amid Massive Unemployment: Report

Such a decision by the Trump administration is likely to have an adverse impact on thousands of Indian IT professionals. Already a large number of Indians on the H-1B visas have lost their jobs and are headed back home during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jun 12, 2020

| PTI

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