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A Congressional Research Service report says Trump administration changes to the H-1B programme have increased employer costs and scrutiny. The assessment details proposed wage hikes and fees, changes affecting foreign workers and families, and a sharp decline in certain overseas recruitment petitions.
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned that AI will transform the world more profoundly than previous technologies, forcing societies to decide how to tax AI usage and which jobs should remain reserved for humans. He highlighted concerns over AI-driven job displacement, cybersecurity risks, and the need for government regulation.
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President Donald Trump honoured Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and other technology leaders, while Vice President JD Vance announced Microsoft's suspension from a green-card sponsorship programme over alleged visa abuse. The move highlights tensions between immigration restrictions and America's technology ambitions
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Microsoft says 80 per cent of its approximately 6,000 H-1B applications last fiscal year involved existing employees, not new hires. The company defended its hiring and wage practices after the Trump administration moved to suspend its access to the PERM programme
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Republican lawmakers in the US have proposed a bill to pause H-1B visas for three years, cut annual caps, raise wage thresholds, and impose stricter hiring rules, arguing the programme disadvantages American workers and requires comprehensive reform.
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President Trump defends H-1B visas, citing the need for skilled foreign workers to train Americans in key industries. His stance faces Republican opposition and legal challenges, while the administration enforces stricter rules to prevent abuse of the programme.
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Nasscom said Indian IT firms are investing over $1 billion in US skilling and hiring, reducing reliance on H-1B visas. New $100,000 fee applies only to fresh petitions from 2026.
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By altering a long-standing pillar of US immigration law, Trump’s move has the potential to reshape global perceptions of citizenship, migration and opportunity
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H-1B visa, the popular path to citizenship, faces heightened scrutiny under Trump’s 'America First' policies
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In the past four years, visitor numbers from India have increased by five times, and more than two million Indians traveled to the United States in the first eleven months of 2024, a 26% increase over the same period in 2023.
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Up to 20,000 qualified nonimmigrant workers can renew their H-1B visas domestically.
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Venkata left within months for a position with another IT firm and later attempted to change status from an F-1 visa to an H-1B visa last year.
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The bill introduced last Friday by Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Indian-descent Democratic lawmaker, seeks to boost the annual H-1B visas from 65,000 to 130,000.
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US District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that the Department of Homeland Security has authorised employment not just for students, but also for their spouses and dependents.
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Washington: Indians cornered nearly three-fourths of H-1B visas issued by the US to speciality foreign workers in 2021, continuing their stranglehold on this highly sought after professional ticket to work, live and, finally, settle down in America. The US approved 407,071 H-1B petitions in 2021 and 301,616 of them — 74.1 per cent — were […]
