USA Immigration News

Nasscom hopeful as India moves to WTO on US visa fee issue March 09, 2016

The IT industry body Nasscom is ecstatic that the Indian government has moved to the WTO against the US work visa fee issue.According BVR Mohan Reddy, Nasscom Chairman, Nasscom has been working with the India government on this matter. One of our recommendations was to take this issue to the WTO for protecting the inte...

DHS has launched a program to assist firms in hiring overseas workers on visas March 05, 2016

The US DHS has launched a pilot program called as Known Employer for assessing the latest process of employers who are looking to recruit workers through job based visa categories, while minimizing the paperwork.According to the information released by DHS, by altering the process USCIS uses to review an eligibility of...

Take a look at the seven best visas for overseas professionals to enter the US March 04, 2016

Employers in the US often search for foreign professionals to fill up their vacant high qualified positions. Overseas employees also search for a job based position in the US for gaining entry in the US.Both ways, the individuals would require being entitled for the temporary, non immigrant visa for their stay in the U...

Enrollment of international students in the US colleges is on the rise March 02, 2016

According to a report, there are around 1.13 million overseas students in the US, and most of the students are in the college degree programs.There has been around 14% of increase in enrollment by overseas students in the colleges of the US.As per the reports, around 29% of the entire foreign students are from China wi...

Well educated, hard working immigrants are the US biggest innovators February 26, 2016

According to a latest study, well educated, hardworking immigrants are the country’s biggest innovators. Over one third that makes around 35.5% of the US innovators that came through the STEM field were from abroad.The foreign immigrant innovators are emerging as the well educated than those who are born in the US wi...

Increase in number of Indian students studying in the US February 25, 2016

According to the US Consul General, Philip Min, India is now standing second after China as the nation of origin for the most overseas students in the US and India is outpacing China’s increase in this area.He informed that the number of students from India who are pursuing education in the US has increased by 30% ...

USCIS will accept H-1B petitions from the US employers February 24, 2016

The USCIS would start accepting H-1B petitions from the employers of the US during the five business days in the month of April. If USCIS gets more than the allotment of latest 85,000 H-1Bs for the year 2017 that would start from 1st October 2016, it would utilize a lottery system for selecting the petitions. It is tim...

NYC announces visa program for foreign entrepreneurs February 20, 2016

The officials of New York City has announced that a latest program that would provide H-1B visas for as many as 80 entrepreneurs who would work at the campuses of New York’s City University and that includes Staten Island College.It is the first of its kind in the US; NYC has made an agreement with the New York’s...

Showing 145 - 152 of 472