A debate over the program for skilled foreign workers has pitted immigration hard-liners against some of President Trump’s most influential supporters in the tech industry.
The reason to change to a beneficiary-centric selection process for H-1B registrations was to reduce the potential for gaming the process to increase chances for selection and help ensure that each beneficiary has the same chance of being selected, regardless of how many registrations are submitted on their behalf.
But there’s ample evidence the H-1B helps pretty much everyone else. Workers who enter the country on visas go on to start and run billion-dollar companies. Musk says he entered the country on a visa. He now runs Tesla, which employs more than 100,000 people .
The changes are some of President Biden's last immigration acts ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
Tesla founder Elon Musk is a vocal proponent of H-1B visas, and his company's use of the program jumped sharply this year.
A Donald Trump executive order, now temporarily blocked by a district court, denied US-born children of non-citizens birthright citizenship. Trump has vowed to challenge the court ban. So, what happens to the children born to Indians on temporary visas,
Vivek Ramaswamy has said that Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday will bring the "dawn of a new Golden Age."
With this in mind, I think the H-1B visa program can offer a lifeline to companies seeking highly skilled workers in industries such as finance, engineering, healthcare and technology. Addressing ...
Arun Prasad Jaganathan has worked in the US on an H-1B Visa for years. He says there's room for improvement in the system.
In December, Republican activists, including former White House adviser Steve Bannon, spoke out against the immigration of skilled migrants, even calling for the deportation of H-1B visa holders. While President Donald Trump and the technocratic wing of ...
Federal prosecutors claimed the two falsely stated in 85 visa applications that prospective H-1B holders would work on-site on internal projects at their San Jose computer chip business,
The updated H-1B visa rules, effective January 17, 2025, streamline the transition for F-1 visa students to H-1B status, offering cap-gap extensions to maintain lawful status and employment.