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The effect of increased US visa fee for IT companies December 22, 2015

Last week the US President had signed a spending package worth $1.8 trillion and also reauthorized the fee charged on the non immigrant visas for firms that recruit over 50% overseas workers. The fee had expired on 1st October. The fee for the visa has been doubled to around $4000 for H-1B and $4500 for L-1 visas.Imp...

E- Visas could be the future of travel documents December 22, 2015

Many countries are trying to make their visa procedures simpler this year. The aim of these modifications is to make it as simple as possible for the travelers to come. Some places like Thailand, Australia, and Vietnam has opted for one or two years of visa that permits for multiple entries. Many other nations had take...

US Congress has passed a package worth $1.1 trillion, also hikes H-1B visa fee December 19, 2015

The US politicians in an immediate sequence today passed the $1.8 trillion spending package and had also introduced a heavy $4000 on theH-1B visas for IT firms of India.This bill has came as the shock for the IT firms of India as they now have to pay around millions of dollars while they apply for the H-1B visas. As th...

Latest proposal of US visa fee might cost Indian IT companies $400 million December 18, 2015

As per the apex body of IT firms, Nasscom, the US proposal of increasing the H-1B and L-1 visa fees will substantially hurt the Indian IT companies.According to them, the proposal increase will cost the IT outsourcing firms of India a minimum of additional $400 million yearly; this can slay the competitive edge IT comp...

20% increase in Indian student numbers in the US since July month December 18, 2015

The universities and colleges in the US have seen 20% increase in the number of students from India since this year’s July month. Over 1.8 lakh students from India are presently pursuing education in the US. – As told by an official report.According to the report revealed yesterday, presently there are around 1.2 m...

Indian student numbers in Britain has decreased says Minister December 17, 2015

According to the State and External Affairs Minister, V.K. Singh, the removal of post-study work visa of the UK has resulted to the decline in Indian student numbers who are pursuing education in the UK.Mr. Singh told that according to the information which was revealed by the Higher Education Information Agency of the...

US increases H-1B visa fee on highly qualified IT professionals from India December 17, 2015

The US State Congress has double the outsourcing fee impose on extremely qualified IT professionals from India to $4000 from $2000 after it was lapsed on 30th September this year.US Congress told that the fee would be raised for the applicants that hire 50 or additional employees in the US if over 50% of the applicant�...

The H-1B visa pain would go past Indian IT giants December 16, 2015

The US lawmakers are pushing new attempts for restricting the visas for skilled overseas workers. And this has again become a big threat to some of the major IT companies of India.The information from the Nasscom has revealed that the US Senator Ted Cruz is the most recent for taking the plan. He seeks to set the least...

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