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WASHINGTON: A deep recession and surging unemployment have tamped down the usual frenzied rush of companies filing temporary visa requests to hire skilled foreign workers, and the five-day application period that ended this week has been extended. ...

The U.S. Army is stepping up efforts to recruit more skilled soldiers by offering immigrants a fast track to U.S. citizenship if they enlist. The move comes as the Pentagon prepares to send several thousand more troops to Afghanistan and with the war in ...

The U.S. Army is stepping up efforts to recruit more skilled soldiers by offering immigrants a fast track to U.S. citizenship if they enlist. The move comes as the Pentagon prepares to send several thousand more troops to Afghanistan and with the war in ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received approximately 42,000 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap for fiscal year 2010. The agency continues to accept petitions subject to the general cap. Additionally, the agency has received ...

Unlike most of his competition, Fowler refused to hire illegal immigrants. But time after time, other contractors got the job because they had cheaper labor. 'When half your crew is illegal, you can underbid by 10 percent anytime,' Fowler, 50, said. On ...

Lalit K Jha Washington, Apr 13 (PTI) Indians topped the list of the most sought-after H-1B work visas for highly skilled categories in the US last year, accounting for a whopping 37.8 per cent of the 409,619 admissions, an official report said. Indians ...

WASHINGTON: As the US is having a tough time in filling up its annual quota of 65,000 H-1B work visas for highly skilled categories, an official report here has said that the Indian nationals accounted for the 38 per cent of the total H-1B visas issued ...

Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the Los Angeles native - in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill, and never able to read or write - signed a waiver agreeing to leave the country without a hearing and was deported to ...

Despite job losses in the United States, there is still a demand for foreign workers with specific skills, and applications for the limited number of special visas for them has slowed but not stopped. Every April 1, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...

As the US is having a tough time in filling up its annual quota of 65,000 H-1B work visas for highly skilled categories, an official report in Washington has said that the Indian nationals accounted for the 38 per cent of the total H-1B visas issued by ...

WASHINGTON: As the US is having a tough time in filling up its annual quota of 65,000 H-1B work visas for highly skilled categories, an official report here has said that the Indian nationals accounted for the 38% of the total H-1B visas issued by the ...

WASHINGTON - Immigrant rights groups, which gathered in Los Angeles for a unity conference, have urged the govt to provide a path to legalisation for the 12m undocumented immigrants in the US and make it easier for family members to come to the US for ...

(Computerworld) Demand for H-1B visas usually fluctuates with the economy, and this year is no exception. In fact, the initial number of H-1B applications filed with the federal government was down even more sharply than expected from the number filed a ...

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Not everyone believes that President Obama is wholeheartedly committed to doing what it takes to pass legislation for comprehensive immigration reform in 2009 or 2010, despite the glowing New York Times report today that Obama to Push Immigration Bill as ...

Here is President Obama?s immigration reform plan announced in Costa Mesa, CA on March 18. ?We have to have comprehensive immigration reform. Now, I know this is an emotional issue, it is a controversial issue. People get riled up politically about ...

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Within two months of losing his job packing shelves at a cold-storage company in Osaka, Toshiyuki Miki says, he was homeless. Lehman Shock turned his life upside down, he says. Lacking the 60,000 yen ($600) a month he needs to pay rent, Miki, 40, sleeps ...

Immigrant rights groups gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday for a unity immigration conference to press the Obama administration for a comprehensive immigration reform. They urged the government to provide a path to legalization for the 12 ...