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TopicH1-B visa

Topic: H1-B visa

Tata and Infosys to bear brunt of Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

Almost 90% of new H-1B hires at Tata, Infosys and Cognizant between May 2020 and May 2024 were approved at US consulates.

After $100,000-fee, US to increase H-1B vetting over speech ‘censorship’ concerns

“BE ON THE LOOKOUT: APPLICANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR OR COMPLICIT IN CENSORSHIP OF AMERICANS,” the cable by US State Department to US missions abroad said.

‘Tremendous raw talent’: IITs see opportunity in Trump’s H-1B curbs

Faculty and students say the country’s brightest engineers no longer see US jobs as essential for success.

Trump’s new immigration policy is a blessing in disguise—India can now reverse brain drain

Trump's visa restrictions will cause losses to American institutions. India must seize the opportunity.

While US imposes H-1B visa fees, Canada PM plots ‘talent attraction’ plan

PM Mark Carney has previously said he wants to attract employees from the technology sector who might have otherwise gone to the US if not for President Donald Trump’s new visa charges.

Manmohan Singh ‘a special man at a special time’ & ‘civil war’ within Trump camp over H-1B visas

Global media also reflects on India’s economic forecast amid disappointing indicators, a slowdown in earnings & doubts over Modi’s ambitious targets, forcing investors to rethink.

Cost-benefit analysis & saving 101

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Prevent Indian talent moving to Canada due to outdated H-1B visa policy, US lawmakers told

Policy experts told US lawmakers the trend was in response to the comparative ease Canada provides to international students and foreign nationals in getting permanent residence.

H-1B visa overhaul will be affected if immigration bill is broken up

Biden’s immigration plan calls for boosting the number of green cards. But House Democrats are weighing a piecemeal approach to immigration that would put more popular measures first.

What Biden’s reversal of Trump-era visa ban means for immigrants, H-1B aspirants

US President Joe Biden reversed a freeze on legal immigration imposed during the pandemic by the Trump administration.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.