H1B Bill tabled in US Congress, Indian IT companies’ stocks crash
New Delhi: A legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives which among other things calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to USD 130,000, making it difficult for firms to use the...
New California senator Kamala Harris leads a desi Wave in US Elections
Washington/New Delhi: An unprecedented 'desi' wave hit the US general elections as a record number of five Indian-Americans were all set to be elected to the US Congress today. Indian-American women put up a good show in the 2016 elections, with...
Indian IT firms breathe easy as ‘discriminatory’ H-1B visa fee lapses in US Congress
Washington: In a development that could be construed as a breather for Indian IT firms, the "discriminatory" $2,000 H-1B fee mostly imposed on them has now lapsed in a Republican-majority US Congress. The charges, often called outsourcing fee, had forced...