U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has increased the maximum period of time that a Trade-NAFTA professional worker from Canada or Mexico may remain in the United States.
A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) report made public last week by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discovered significant evidence of fraud in the H-1B program. USCIS found outright fraud or technical violations in 21% of 246 H-1B applications reviewed.
In the opening months of the 110th Congress, several proposals that would boost importation of H-1B “high-skill” nonimmigrant alien workers have been introduced.
"A U.S. provider of outsourcing and IT services has agreed to pay civil penalties of US$45,000 to settle allegations that it discriminated against U.S. residents when attempting to hire foreign workers holding H-1B visas, the U.S. Department of Justice announced late Thursday...."
Grant Gross, IDG News Service, 2 May 2008
"A U.S. provider of outsourcing and IT services has agreed to pay civil penalties of US$45,000 to settle allegations that it discriminated against U.S. residents when attempting to hire foreign workers holding H-1B visas, the U.S. Department of Justice announced late Thursday...."
America's visa program for temporary workers was originally set up to allow U.S. companies to bring skilled workers who are in short supply to the U.S... But a review of new information from the federal government suggests that the companies benefiting most from the temporary worker program aren't U.S. companies at all...
by Peter Elstrom in BusinessWeek, Feb, 8, 2007.
America's visa program for temporary workers was originally set up to allow U.S. companies to bring skilled workers who are in short supply to the U.S... But a review of new information from the federal government suggests that the companies benefiting most from the temporary worker program aren't U.S. companies at all...
Nine foreign-based companies that specialize in offshoring U.S. technology jobs received about 20,000 H-1B visas last year, according to data released yesterday by U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The top user of H-1B visas is India-based Infosys Technologies Ltd., which received 4,908 visas in the 2006 fiscal year. It was followed by Wipro Ltd., which received 4,002 visas, and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., with 3,046.
By Patrick Thibodeau, in ComputerWorld, May 15, 2007
Nine foreign-based companies that specialize in offshoring U.S. technology jobs received about 20,000 H-1B visas last year, according to data released yesterday by U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The top user of H-1B visas is India-based Infosys Technologies Ltd., which received 4,908 visas in the 2006 fiscal year. It was followed by Wipro Ltd., which received 4,002 visas, and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., with 3,046.
By Patrick Thibodeau, in ComputerWorld, May 15, 2007
