US tightens H-1B scrutiny; public access to social media made mandatory
The US has expanded vetting for H-1B and H-4 visa applicants, ordering all social media profiles to be made public as part of enhanced national security checks.
The US has expanded vetting for H-1B and H-4 visa applicants, ordering all social media profiles to be made public as part of enhanced national security checks.
H1-B visas, that are used more by Indian professionals than any other citizens abroad, were suspended by Mr Biden’s predecessor in June last year, ostensibly to protect American jobs, that had languished because of the pandemic.
Indian-American CEO of Google Sundar Pichai, reacting on this move of the Trump administration, said that he was disappointed by this proclamation and also added that 'immigration has contributed immensely to America's economic success'.
With Trump administration’s ‘America First’ policy, denial rates for H-1B petitions have increased significantly from just six per cent in 2015 to 24 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal.
The Indian IT industry on Tuesday lauded the US administration for not considering any regulatory change in the H-1B visa…
India on Wednesday again raised the issue of H1-B visas with the US when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met…
With a private member's bill being introduced in the US Congress that seeks to fix the minimum salary of H1-B…
