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US announces changes to Student Exchange Visa programme 05 May 2012
The US State Department announced major changes on Friday to its premier student-exchange programme following an investigation that found widespread abuses. The agency issued new rules for the J-1 Summer Work and Travel Programme, which brings more than 100,000 foreign...
Keywords: Summer Work, US Visa, student-exchange, US Visa
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Trump Administration Welcomes IT Giant’s Decision 03 May 2017
The decision by the IT giant, Infosys, to hire 10,000 Americans in the next two years, was welcomed by the Trump administration today. “It was a result of the US government’s “pro-growth economic agenda,” said the Trump administration. On Tuesday,...
Keywords: H1-B visa Programme, Trump Administration, Infosys, Trump Administration
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Minimum Salary of H-1B visa Holders Increased to USD 130,000 31 January 2017
The US House of Representatives introduced a legislation in which they doubled the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to USD 130,000, making it hard for firms to use the plan to replace American employees with foreign workers, including from...
Keywords: Executive order, Executive order, H-1B visa holders, Donald Trump
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