New bill proposes major changes in green card, H-1B visa systems

The ruling Democratic party on Wednesday introduced a Citizenship Act which among other things seeks to eliminate the country-quota for green cards and make changes in the H-1B visa system. Image......

India trade deal eludes another British prime minister

Britain's third female prime Minister, Liz Truss, was out of office on Thursday after the shortest tenure at 10 Downing Street in London and without a cherished India-UK free trade agreement (FTA)......

UK's PM-in-waiting Liz Truss remains committed to India ties

Newly-elected Conservative Party leader and prime minister in waiting Liz Truss is among the senior British politicians known for championing deeper India-UK strategic and economic ties, describing......

Biden sends comprehensive immigration reform bill to Congress

United States President Joe Biden on the day one of his presidency sent a comprehensive immigration bill to Congress which proposes major overhauls to the system, including granting legal status......

Trump bans Federal agencies from contracting H-1B visa holders

Trump told reporters that his administration will not tolerate firing of hardworking Americans in pursuit of cheap foreign labour. In a huge blow to Indian IT professionals eyeing the US job......

Trump makes H-1B visa fears real

In the past five years, the US has seen nearly two dozen Bills on employment visas introduced without success. But this time it is different, industry sources tell Ayan Pramanik. IMAGE:......

Obama on why US is failing to retain talented people

President Barack Obama has rued the US is not able to retain the global talent it trains them at its universities because of a broken immigration system and made a passionate push for a......

Obama's immigration norms to ease Indian IT firms concerns

Even as Silicon Valley stalwarts have dismissed the many immigration fixes proposed by US President Barack Obama as inadequate to meet the needs of the technology industry, Indian software industry......