New Delhi: In what may come as good news to American visa applicants, the United States on Wednesday announced that Indians who are renewing their visas, valid or expired, within four years, are likely to get waiver for a personal interview. "This new programme will permit consular officers to waive interviews for some qualified applicants who are renewing their visa within 48 months or four years, of expiration of their...
05:34 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Washington: US immigration authorities, in the past four years, have increased denial of work-related visas, with India-born professionals being refused at higher rates than nationals of other countries, an American think tank said in a report on Friday. Analysis of new data obtained from US Citizenship and Immigration Services showed the agency had increased denials of L-1 and H-1B petitions beginning 2008, thus harming the competitiveness of US employers and...
01:44 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Body shop or chop shop? The Indian presence in the US job market is under the spotlight again.
The storm "The emergency border funds will be paid for by assessing fees on foreign companies known as chop shops that outsource good, high-paying American technology jobs to lower wage, temporary immigrant workers from other countries. But it will not affect the high-tech companies such as Intel or Microsoft that play by...
11:10 AM, Aug 31, 2010
India, which sends the highest number of students to the US, stands to benefit most from if the proposal becomes la ...
12:49 PM, May 01, 2010
For the first time since 2003 thousands of spots have been left unfilled. ...
01:40 PM, Oct 30, 2009
The new law in the US will make it easier for firms to hire Indians. ...
05:14 PM, Oct 19, 2009
Premji says restrictions may generate a trade war with countries like India. ...
11:49 AM, May 30, 2009
This after complaints of outrageous abuse by Indian firms. ...
09:05 AM, May 08, 2009
Legislation seeks to prevent fraud but may end up creating trade barriers. ...
08:08 PM, Apr 24, 2009
Reportedly Indian IT firms will start hiring in US for its economic recovery. ...
10:34 AM, Apr 11, 2009
Only 42,000 applications for H-1B visas for skilled workers against 65,000 cap. ...
10:49 AM, Apr 10, 2009
India must create 270 mn jobs by 2035 to reap benefits of demographic change. ...
01:16 AM, Feb 17, 2009
Companies and workers accused of submitting false documents for the visa. ...
10:10 AM, Feb 14, 2009
Sri Lanka's spinner Muttiah Muralitharan told CNN-IBN that Sri Lanka is in confident mood and also has his say on Team India. ...
04:48 PM, Jan 03, 2008
Hyderabad: The Indian and New Zealand cricket teams would arrive here on Tuesday afternoon by a special charter flight from Ahmedabad for the second Test beginning November 12, Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president Arshad Ayub said on Monday. The teams would resume practice from Wednesday. This will be the first time since 1988-89 that the HCA would be hosting a Test match and it will also be the first at...
12:49 PM, Nov 02, 2007
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