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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 265 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: senator describes black market hb visas comments Discuss  
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said that the White House isn't enforcing the H-1B program, and he cited a number of abuses to it in a letter released late Monday. Among the practices Grassley pointed to in his letter is the "leasing" of H-1B workers by contractors that don't have work for their foreign hires, as well as a number of court cases that point to a market for buying and selling fraudulently obtained visas. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 263 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: gates repeats request hb visas comments Discuss  
The United States is driving away the world's best engineers and computer scientists by putting limits on H-1B visas and other immigrant worker programs, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told U.S. lawmakers Wednesday. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 237 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: dhs offer backdoor increase hb visas comments Discuss  
In a change to its regulations, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to extend F-1 student visas for non-nationals from 12 months to 29 months. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 236 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: us reaches hb visa cap comments Discuss  
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the cap on H-1B immigrant worker visas for the 2009 fiscal year, just a week after the agency opened the application period. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 212 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: us firm fined violations related hb program comments Discuss  
A U.S. provider of outsourcing and IT services has agreed to pay civil penalties of $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. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 182 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: hb opponents challenge bush administration court comments Discuss  
The Bush administration's recent decision to extend the amount of time foreign nationals can work in the U.S. on student visas is being challenged in a federal lawsuit by H-1B visa opponents. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 178 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: google loses hb lottery congress visa push comments Discuss  
The effort in Congress to make it easier for tech companies to hire foreign nationals gained support Thursday from two U.S. senators who are pushing a bill to give foreign nationals who earn advanced degrees in the U.S. permanent residency. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 46 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: government study finds hb visa fraud comments Discuss  
A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [USCIS] study, H-1B Benefit Fraud & Compliance Assessment? published in September but just coming to light this month, found a 27 percent rate of fraud in the H-1B visa program. read more »
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