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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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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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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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Competitors may hop on bandwagonVisa has introduced a computerised credit card which it hopes will help banks battle fraud. The innovation could force other card issuers and banks to implement similar technology, one data protection expert has said.… read more »
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