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BENGALURU: The top seven Indian IT firms received only 4,573 H-1B petitions approved for initial employment in FY 2025—a 70% decline from 2015 and 37% fewer than in 2024, according to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP). The analysis, based on data from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, shows TCS is the only…
Elon Musk has backed the H1-B visa programme in the US, throwing his weight behind skilled Indians coming to the country. While speaking on Nikhil Kamath’s WTF podcast, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO acknowledged that “America has benefitted immensely from talented Indians”, however, noted that “there has been some misuse of the H-1B Program.” Last…
Former US Rep and economist Dr Dave Brat trained the guns at India over the H-1B visa program and said that while the national cap for H-1B is 85,000, one Indian district got 220,000 H-1B visas which is 2.5 times the limit. “When you hear H-1B, think of your family, because these fraudulent visas just…
The EB-1A category specifically accommodates individuals who display exceptional capabilities. (AI image) Hit by the steep hike in H-1B visa fee and the crackdown by the Donald Trump administration on immigration, Indians are now eyeing alternative routes for their US dream. With increasing restrictions on H-1B visas under the Trump administration, more Indians are opting…
A proposed $1 lakh H-1B entry fee, intended to protect American jobs, is instead increasing costs for employers and weakening US competitiveness in tech and healthcare. Data show a decline in unemployment for skilled workers, contradicting the rationale for the fee. This policy risks driving jobs and talent abroad, harming innovation and ordinary Americans Donald…
H-1B professionals often assume that strong performance, loyalty will protect them from layoffs, but immigration experts are warning that this belief is increasingly dangerous. Amid Trump’s latest H1-B visa U-turn, tech and defence is restructuring itself in the United States. Foreign workers often face the harshest consequences because the immigration clock begins ticking the moment…
Foreign-trained physicians, who make up nearly one quarter of the United States’ medical workforce, could be forced to leave underserved communities due to skyrocketing H-1B visa fees, a historian of science has warned.Before, the hospitals had to pay approximately $5,000 to sponsor a physician’s visa to work in the United States. Now, they’d have to…
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google Google CEO Sundar Pichai has defended the role of immigrants in building America’s technology dominance, calling their contributions “phenomenal” as President Donald Trump’s controversial $100,000 H-1B visa fee continues to spark fierce debate across Silicon Valley months after triggering panic among foreign workers.“If you look at the history of technology development,…
Sundar Pichai (Image credit: BBC interview/ Youtube) NEW DELHI: Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has reaffirmed the vital role of immigrants in the growth of the United States technology sector, calling their contribution “phenomenal” at a time when the H-1B visa system is at the centre of renewed political debate.In an interview with the BBC, Pichai…
Amid the ongoing H-1B row, Donald Trump’s aide said firms are relying on AI and not hiring ‘new kids’ President Donald Trump’s economic advisor Kevin Hassett predicted a ‘quiet time’ in the labor market and said companies won’t have to hire “the new kids out of college” as firms are largely depending on AIs. Social…
