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US WILLING TO RECONSIDER THE CONCERNS RAISED DURING THE REGIME OF TRUMP
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• The USCIS said it may reopen and/or reconsider adverse decisions on Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, based on three older policy memos
• Any petitioner may request that it reopen and/or reconsider adverse decisions on the basis of the thre...
60 U.S. LAWMAKERS URGE BIDEN TO EXTEND VALIDITY OF WORK APPROVAL DOCUMENTS FOR H4 VISA HOLDERS
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• A group of 60 US lawmakers have urged Biden to scrap a policy determined by the Trump administration and extend the validity of work approval documents for H4 visa holders
• This visa is issued to immediate family members of people holding H-1B visas tha...
TRUMP’S VISA BAN WOULD HAVE COST THE US ECONOMY $100 BILLION
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• This visa ban was issued on June 22 which barred the entry of H-1B, L-1 and J1 visa holders till the end of 2020, though it was recently suspended by a US district court
• This paper was made by Danny Bahar (The Brookings Institution, Harvard), Prithwira...
ITServe ALLIANCE FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST H-1B WAGE HIKES IN A US DISTRICT COURT
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• The US Department of Labour (DOL) had recently issued an interim final rule that resulted in hike of wages for H-1B workers across all wage levels
• As per the plaintiffs, new DOL rule has caused hike in wages by 24 to 50 percent or more for computer ope...
U.S. TO INVEST $150 MILLION FOR H-1B ONE WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMME
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• In order to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise, the US companies are required to seek H-1B visa, a non-immigrant visa
• According to the statement issued by the Department of Labor, the COVID-...