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In April 2018, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it had received 1,90,000 H-1B visa petitions.

US extends suspension of premium processing for H-1B visas

Under the premium processing, the USCIS has to respond within 15 days to the H-1B visa petitions submitted to it.

29 Aug 2018 10:16 AM IST

The move comes days after the Public Broadcasting Service aired a documentary on H-1B visa programme that allows skilled workers from countries like India to fill high-tech jobs in the US. (Photo: DC/File)

21 lakh Indian IT professionals applied for H-1B visa in 11 years:...

USCIS received 3.4 million (34 lakh) H-1B visas applications, of which people from India accounted for 21 lakh.

1 Aug 2017 12:10 PM IST

Attorney Brent Renison said the court did not say the lottery was the best way to distribute visas, only a permissible way. (Photo: File)

H-1B visa lottery system to stay, rules US court

US District Court Judge Simon upheld the USCIS's view that an H-1B visa application is not considered filed unless a...

29 March 2017 3:28 PM IST

Attorney Brent Renison said the court did not say the lottery was the best way to distribute visas, only a permissible way. (Photo: File)

US to resume fast processing of H-1B work visas popular with Indians

Federal agency USCIS also plans to resume premium processing of other H-1B petitions as workloads permit.

25 July 2017 11:17 AM IST

The emerging view is that these visa curbs may not be such a bad thing after the initial rough patch is over.

Visa curbs may not be such a bad thing!

Indian companies must restore the balance by moving greater amounts of work from the US to India or other geographies.

10 April 2017 2:38 AM IST

Attorney Brent Renison said the court did not say the lottery was the best way to distribute visas, only a permissible way. (Photo: File)

H-1B visa memo to have little impact on Indian IT cos: Nasscom

Indian firms like TCS, Infosys and Wipro -- on their part -- have been reducing their dependence on H-1B visas.

4 April 2017 5:50 PM IST

Attorney Brent Renison said the court did not say the lottery was the best way to distribute visas, only a permissible way. (Photo: File)

H1B visas to return as workload permit, says US immigration agency

USCIS started premium processing of all H1B visa requests for doctors under a waiver program and for government agency...

29 Jun 2017 1:06 PM IST