Democrat also promises to protect dreamers, create roadmap to citizenship for 11 million undocumented.
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Cato Institute says Trump ban based on a misreading of economic statistics.
Calling Trump move ‘misguided,’ Indian trade body wants restrictions reduced to 90 days.
Scarcity of high-skill professionals could stall robust recovery when covid crisis abates.
Urges Congress to allow thousands of Indian doctors on green card backlog to bolster US healthcare system.
Legislation may help Indian origin doctors, nurses bearing brunt of pandemic.
Senators Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Chuck Grassley and Josh Hawley want new H-1B visas suspended.
H-1B visa holders dodge a bullet for now.
Given the congressional calendar, the bill introduced by Coffman and Krishnamoorthi is unlikely to pass.
However, when it comes to the level of education, Intel Corporation had the highest percentage (92%) of H-1B workers with a master’s degree or more.
On an average, a high-skilled worker from India has to wait anywhere from nine to 11 years for his green card. Regarding increased scrutiny of the H-1B visa applications, the report said that between January 1 and August 31, 2017, the immigration agencies issued almost double RFEs.
An Indian worker requests suggestions and help on Facebook to keep herself in the US after losing job offer due to unfavorable H-1B environ.
The H-1B visa classification has been a bone of contention lately. However, there are some other work-visa options too that are available for nonimmigrant foreign workers
The Indian IT giants including Infosys, TCS, and Wipro have univocally denied such claims of draining American jobs.
The release said agencies will also provide each other with technical assistance.
It is viewed that work visas such as H-1B and L-1 help to keep jobs and investments in the US; it would be injudicious to think that in existing unfavorable immigration environment, investments would not slip abroad.
This comes at the backdrop of the US government proposing stricter H-1B rules and temporarily withdrawing the premium processing facility for the work visa.
The figures are from the financial year 2016
Hollywood director James Cameron says machines are a bigger threat now than in 1984 when he made the sci-fi thriller The Terminator.
Nearly five percent of the doctors working in North Dakota are beneficiaries of the H-1B work visa program, which might see a major overhaul.
The bipartisan bill aims to retain STEM talent.
The company may be focusing on hiring local US employees.
India throws both soft and hard balls, simultaneously. Says there are US companies in India, too, which may feel the heat.
OPINION: The H-1B program is widely abused, but blocking foreign workers from coming to work in US is not the solution.
Greater employer-employee scrutiny, changes in Labor Condition Application and inputs from the stakeholders are among immediate actions to ensure compliance.