h-1b visa lottery

Busting myths! H-1B visa holders are not ‘cheap labour’ – why foreign workers are important for US

R Amin08 mins mins

H-1B visas are important: they are the route to getting highly skilled foreign nationals to work in the US. (AI image) H-1B visas, on which the Donald Trump administration is imposing increasing restrictions, are actually beneficial for the US economy and unlike some people who claim that they constitute ‘cheap labour’, evidence seems to suggest…

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Trump’s ‘wage-weighted’ H-1B visa plan: Nasscom issues big warning – calls proposed move ‘legally questionable, economically flawed’

R Amin05 mins mins

Nasscom highlighted concerns about geographical and sector-based disparities in the new system proposed for H-1B visa issuance. (AI image) H-1B visa overhaul: Donald Trump administration’s proposed move to replace the lottery-based system for H-1B visas with a ‘wage-weighted’ system will be disruptive, Nasscom has warned. Nasscom, the IT industry body, has sharply criticised the US…

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