A group of former Disney IT employees, who were replaced by Indian workers brought on H-1B visas, have now sued their ex-employer for alleged racial discrimination. The class action suit accuses Disney of laying off
Details published by a federal US agency say that flagship Indian IT companies would have to pay at least an additional $4,000 (Rs 2.60 lakh) for every H-1B visa application under the new regulations that came into effect last December.
Washington: The US government is believed to have received about 250,000 petitions for H-1B visas -- the most sought after American work visas -- with a majority of them being from either Indian companies or
The US would start accepting applications for the much sought-after H-1B work visas for highly-skilled workers for the fiscal year 2017 from the beginning of next month, officials said.
Washington: Republican presidential front- runner Donald Trump today for the first time acknowledged that he uses the much sought after H-1B visas at his own businesses but sought to end the programme which he claimed
Washington: The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to USD 4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas popular among Indian IT companies to fund a 9/11 healthcare act and biometric tracking system.Congressional
Washington: A special $2,000 fee could return on H-1B and L-1 visas for Indian IT companies to fund a 9/11 healthcare act in the US with a group of Congressmen quietly mounting fresh efforts to
New York: Entertainment giant Walt Disney has laid off about 250 employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas, raising new questions on how outsourcing companies are using the temporary visas to bring immigrants
Washington: More than 545,000 tech jobs remain vacant in the US which is having a deep impact on Silicon Valley-based firms, American IT industry has said while arguing in favour of raising the cap on
Washington: H-1B workers replacing Americans have minimal skills and little or no business knowledge, a whistleblower from Indian IT giant Infosys has said and asked lawmakers not to increase the number of much sought-after visas
Washington: As President Barack Obama camapaigned to sell his immigration plan to shield up to five million people from deportation and retain high-skilled immigrants, largely from India and China, analysts called it a mixed bag.Obama's
Washington, May 20: With an impending comprehensive immigration reform, two leading US business groups have called on lawmakers to support an increase in H-1B visas and providing green cards to entrepreneurs who create jobs so
Washington, Apr 9: The US, which received about 124,000 applications for the 85,000 H-1B visas up for grabs this year, has used lottery to determine who all would be given the most sought after work
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