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Visa, OCI card suspension prevents several Indians in US from flying back home. (PTI Photo)

Indian nationals stuck in US after H-1B visa cards suspended

Last month, H-1B visa holders launched a petition urging President Trump to extend their permissible stay from 60 to 180...

12 May 2020 1:23 PM IST

While Trump has argued the temporary freeze was aimed at helping US workers facing high unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic, critics said the move would backfire and hurt one of the key segments of the American economy. In this picture, a view of Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, which is part of the San Francisco Bay Area, considered part of Silicon Valley in the United States. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Tumbenhaur)

Key segment of US economy, tech firms will be hit by Trump's ban on...

Google, Apple, Microsoft and other tech firms have long relied on skilled immigrants to fill key positions of engineers...

24 Jun 2020 7:38 PM IST

Google CEO Sundar Pichai disappointed with Donald Trumps foreign work visa suspension. (PTI Photo)

-"Disappointed-" says Google CEO Sundar Pichai on H1-B visa ban

Pichai said he would stand with immigrants and work to expand opportunity for all

23 Jun 2020 1:23 PM IST

The H-1B visa is much sought-after among Indian IT professionals. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

As US looks to suspend H-1B visas, Nasscom seeks exemptions for tech...

It said without H-1B, L1 workers, economic pain would worsen, industry would slow, and the timeline for treatment and...

12 Jun 2020 7:39 PM IST

The original policy change of revoking the visas of foreign students whose classes will move online in the autumn was taken to court by top universities including Harvard and MIT, teachers unions and at least 18 states.(AFP)

US now says no new foreign students for all-online classes

There were more than 1 million international students in US for 2018-19 academic year, according to the Institute of...

25 July 2020 8:56 AM IST

Students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge. (AP)

Harvard and MIT sue Trump administration to save their foreign...

The latest rules force the universities' foreign students to leave the United States unless they attend at least one...

9 July 2020 10:09 AM IST

Visa, OCI card suspension prevents several Indians in US from flying back home. (PTI Photo)

Indian national arrested in USD 21 million H-1B visa fraud

Ashish Sawhney allegedly used four corporations to orchestrate improper submission of fraudulent applications for H-1B...

22 Aug 2020 1:09 PM IST

Joe Biden , Former Vice President of the United States. (AFP Photo)

Joe Biden highlights Trump's H-1B move to woo Indian-Americans on...

Speaking after Biden, Kamala Harris said Indian and US communities are bound together by so much more than 'our shared...

16 Aug 2020 9:08 AM IST

Trumps proclamation suspended a group of non-immigrant visa programs, including H-1B visas relied on by many technology firms to bring in software and hardware engineers. Indians have been the recipients of 70 per cent of H-1B visas, according to reports.

Trump's blocking of H-1B visas harming the US, say Facebook, Amazon,...

More than 50 tech firms have signed onto a court filing in support of a suit by US Chamber of Commerce against Trump...

11 Aug 2020 9:22 PM IST

The H-1B visa, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. It is said that 70 per cent of H-1B visas are awarded to Indians.

H-1B workers now can't be employed in US federal jobs following...

The move follows the June 23 suspension of H-1B and other foreign work visas until end 2020 to safeguard American jobs...

4 Aug 2020 9:59 PM IST

Visa, OCI card suspension prevents several Indians in US from flying back home. (PTI Photo)

US court turns down challenge to Trump's temporary ban on H-1B visa

The lawsuit was filed by 169 Indian nationals who are residing in US in lawful nonimmigrant status under temporary...

18 Sept 2020 2:07 PM IST

Republican presidential candidate businessman Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalitions fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP)

White House aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy vows to end H-1B visa programme

Ramaswamy himself has used the H-1B visa programme 29 times

17 Sept 2023 9:33 PM IST