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USCIS report says Indian nationals received nearly 63 percent of new H-1B approved and 80 percent of H-1B extensions.
California is the most popular state for H-1B workers, according to the most recent data released by the Department of Labor.
Saksena is the president of an IT consulting firm.
The Chinese are particularly interested in Indian companies that are focused on Big Data.
Jayapal is one among the five Indian American congress members.
India throws both soft and hard balls, simultaneously. Says there are US companies in India, too, which may feel the heat.
The Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that he has raised India’s concerns on the proposed changes in immigration and H-1B laws in the US.
The agency received 199,000 H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2018.
USCIS uses lottery system to select petitions.
Greater employer-employee scrutiny, changes in Labor Condition Application and inputs from the stakeholders are among immediate actions to ensure compliance.
A USCIS memo states an entry level programmer applying for H-1B needs to prove that the position is “specialty occupation.”
The Keeping American Jobs Act, sponsored by Democrat Derek Kilmer and Republican Doug Collins, was initially introduced in the last Congress.
Swaraj said it is not the first time that the US lawmakers have proposed such changes in the H-1B program.
The investigators found that while the program was put in place to attract highly skilled guestworkers, but it became a trajectory for low-cost foreign labor.
Report estimates more than 1.4 million authorized foreign workers, out of which more than 460,000 were on H-1B visas, in the US, 2013; discrepancies in L-1 visa data by DOS and USCIS.
The decision on H-1B petitions would affect all petitions filed on or after April 3, 2017.
Speculations are ripe that Modi government does not want to pester Trump as it awaits news rules on H-1B and L1 visas.
61% want the H-1B numbers to be either kept at current level or increased: Politico/Morning Consult poll.
A crackdown on the visa program “could set back research, including the treatment of cancer,” industry executives tell Bloomberg.
“Proposed increase in H1-B minimum another reason for the increase.”
“Be polite [to CBP officer], don’t be argumentative, respond to questions clearly and confidently, stick with your facts.”
They cite “enhanced questioning” at airports and an increase in “administrative processing” cases since the beginning of the year.
But, it could adversely affect the Indian IT firms applying H-1B and L-1 visas.
Sikka himself is a US citizen.