It is understood that India's border row with China figured in the talks between Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale though there was no mention of it in the press statements issued by the two sides.
The proposed annual quota for Indian companies could be between 10 and 15 per cent. Currently, there are no country-specific limits on H-1B allotment.
'The race is now on for Indian IT firms to develop their AI prowess and focus on a software-first approach to services as the people element becomes more complicated with Trump's expected new regulations.'
TCS is hiring from over a hundred engineering campuses, MBA graduates from top B-schools in the US
rediffGURU Sushil Sukhwani underlines the factors you need to consider before you make the decision to study outside India.
The Pakistan hockey team has got the green signal to travel to India for the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy slated to be held in Chennai from August 3.
With the Ram Mandir scheduled to open its doors to visitors in January, Ayodhya is expected to welcome travelers both from India and abroad.
'There is no reason to anticipate a drastic change in Canada's attitude towards Indian students.'
If the visa issue ultimately requires certain other considerations at govt level, we will consider that, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest information technology services company, says visa rejections have gone up significantly compared to a few years ago.
Canadian student visa expert Jagdeep Singh of International Educational & Career (IEC) Consultants speaks to RMS Atwal about how Canada is creating new incentives to woo Indian students.
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While the denial rate has dropped slightly to 21 per cent in 2019 from 24 per cent in 2018, the National Foundation for American Policy has said it is much higher for Indian IT companies like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro and very low for American companies like Amazon and Google. For instance, the denial rate for TCS and Infosys in 2019 was 31 per cent and 35 per cent respectively, whereas for Wipro it was 47 per cent and 37 per cent for Tech Mahindra. On the other hand, the denial rate for the new H-1B petitions in 2019 was just four per cent each for Amazon and Google. The denial rate for Microsoft during the same period was six per cent, and Facebook along with Walmart was just three per cent each.
Swaraj has been taking a sympathetic approach in granting medical visas to Pakistani nationals.
H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa, which allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations
According to Republican Senator Charles Grassley and Democratic Senator Richard Durbin, more companies are now using H-1B visas to displace qualified American workers.
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India and Canada have mutually beneficial political and economic linkages. The two countries should get together and find a solution. The expulsion war should, in the meantime, be a guarantee against any deterioration of the situation, asserts Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, the first Indian head of mission to be ever expelled by any country.
As per the procedure of World Trade Organisation, consultation is the first stage of a complaint filed with the global trade body.
A recent US Department of State directive to the US consular posts now requires consulting an electronic record for visa issuance in these categories.
The US had initiated investigation against Infosys and its larger rival Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for possible violations of H-1B visa rules in June.
Visa Inc, the world's largest credit card network, said on Monday it hoped to raise up to $18.8bn
Promising the best and affordable education under a safe environment and a relativey easy permanent residency, Kiwiland is an inviting study destination.
Leading Indian and global information technology firms such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Cognizant Technology Solutions, IBM, Satyam Computer Services and Wipro top the list of L visa users for the financial year 2006-07.
All companies that have 50% or more employees from outside the US to pay a higher visa fee of $10,000 for each such staffer, against $4,500 at present.
IT professionals from India and major Indian IT companies are major beneficiary of H-1B.
China has justified as "goodwill" gesture its policy of issuing stapled visas to residents of Arunachal Pradesh, saying such a policy does not "undermine" the positions of both India and China which have disputes over big parts of that area.
Both companies, along with three others, were suspended in 2010 on grounds of irregularities.
Amid headwinds across global markets, US issues fresh restrictions on H-1B visas. Ayan Pramanik & Raghu Krishnan list out the many ways in which this impacts the Indian IT industry.
Hike in H1-B visas indicates that the company is winning new deals, for which projects initially need employees onsite.
Chinese visa denial to an Arunachal Pradesh youth delegate has created a friction between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Sports Ministry.
National Association of Software and Service Companies said on Tuesday that it has enlisted the help of certain American law firms in drawing up an industry approach paper on the concept of professional services visa.
Pakistan Cricket Board is confident that tainted left-arm pacer Mohammad Aamir will soon be issued a visa to play in the series against England in the United Kingdom this summer.
'Filing a nil ITR serves as a formal declaration to the tax authorities that your earnings fell below the taxable threshold in the given financial year, and you had no tax liability during that period.'
A strident bill concerning US work visas for non-US citizens has been re-introduced before the US Senate. A look at the bill.
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The June quarter is usually considered as a seasonally strong period for the IT sector.
Almost all Indian IT companies would pay between $8,000 and $10,000 per H1B visa from April 1
