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US DOS has issued an update related to personal or domestic employees November 14, 2015

The US Department of State (DOS) has issued a cable which updates the rule of Overseas Affairs Manual that deal with the personal or domestic employees of the US citizens on the temporary assignment in the US. The cable has given advice that the duration of stay for the qualified employee is raised from four to six yea...

The introduction of bill for H-1B visa reform hits IT firms November 14, 2015

The introduction of the bill for H-1B visa reform has hit many biggest IT firms in India as the stocks of these firms witness the sharp decline and selloff yesterday. Recently the bill was introduced and named after the US senators that seek to change and reduce the abuse and fraud in the short term visa programs.The t...

Court blocks President Obama's plan to protect undocumented migrants November 13, 2015

On Monday, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals told the immigration power grabbers in the Obama administration to matter it. The sympathizers of the amnesty mourned extremely in the media.According to a media report, Appeals court rules against the plan of Obama for protecting around five million people from deportation.Ano...

L-1B petitions continue to receive scrutiny from USCIS November 13, 2015

The L-1B petitions for transfer of workers related to specialized knowledge persist to get augmented scrutiny from the Citizenship and Immigration Services of the United States (USCIS). The current years had marked a notable increase in the Requests for Evidence and the ultimate petition rejections for this visa cate...

Irish students must obtain the US job before getting J-1 Visas November 12, 2015

Students will now require US jobs before getting J-1 visas

Under this new rule which is introduced for the year 2016, all the students from Ireland should get the job before they visit the US and should also have those works vetted by the US administration.This move has come despite the calls from Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the US President and to the American Ambassador to the...

More numbers of immigrants are pursuing STEM careers in the US November 10, 2015

According to the latest report from the National Science Foundation, an increasing number of immigrants are pursuing careers in STEM related streams in the US.According to a report, an expected 5.2 million or 18% of the nation’s 29 million engineers and scientists were immigrants in the year 2013 when compared to aro...

US government fails to digitize the forms for immigration application November 10, 2015

The US government has failed to digitize the immigration application forms. Around half a billion worth of project was started for digitizing 95 different forms for immigration. An effort which intends to upload document and made them easier for the user navigation which is also known as the single electronic form. The...

Two Indo-US firms fined for violating the H-1B provisions November 10, 2015

Two Indo-US firms fined for violating the H-1B rules

Two Silicon Valley firms owned by the Indo –US has been ordered to pay a fine of around $1,03,000 to the federal government and $84,000 in back wages to the firms employees who are carrying the H-1B visa.The two firms brought workers from India and other nations on the H-1B visas for employing them on the position of...

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