US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Three-fourths of US H1B visa holders in 2018 are Indians: Report
Sat, Oct 20, 2018
According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), there were as many as 419,637 foreign nationals working in the US on H-1B visas as on October 5. Of these, 309,986 are Indians, the USCIS said in its report 'H-1B petitions by gender and country of birth fiscal year 2018'.
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Whoa! US green card waiting period for Indians: 151 years, says report
Sat, Jun 16, 2018
The new calculation on the Green card wait period by Cato Institute, a Washington-based think-tank, comes after the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released number of applicants for such cards.
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US H-1B visa limit already reached; successful Indian techies to be picked by lottery
Sat, Apr 07, 2018
The fiscal year begins October 1, 2018. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China
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US H-1B visa application: Premium processing suspended; here's what Indian techies need to know
Wed, Mar 21, 2018
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) also announced the suspension of premium processing of all US H-1B petitions which are subject to the annual caps. The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise
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US H-1B policy memorandum likely to have little impact on members: Nasscom
Tue, Apr 04, 2017
The US government had issued a policy memorandum on March 31, which India's IT industry body Nasscom has said that it will little impact on its members applying for visas for higher level professionals this year.
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