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NEW DELHI: With the exception of Infosys Technologies, there was a drop of over 50 per cent in the total number of visas bagged by Indian technology firms in 2007 compared to 2006. The number of firms in the top 10 also came down to seven from nine in ...

Three men who got national attention when an eastern Pennsylvania judge ordered them to learn English as a condition of probation are in the process of being deported.Rafael Guzman-Mateo, Ricardo Dominguez and Luis Reyes were among a group that committed ...

Washington, April 09: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has said that it has received enough H1-B visa application - for high-tech professionals and highly in demand among Indians - to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal ...

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H-1B visa exemptions for foreign-born students who received advanced degrees from U.S. schools. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Tuesday said it received more than enough H-1B visa petitions to meet the annual cap of 85,000 for fiscal 2009 ...

As predicted by high-tech companies months ago, U.S. immigration officials said Tuesday that they've received more than enough petitions for next year's batch of H-1B temporary worker visas and would be considering no more of them. U.S. Citizenship and ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the cap on H-1B immigrant worker visas for the 2009 fiscal year, just a week after the agency opened the application period. USCIS announced Tuesday that it reached the H-1B cap for the ...

USCIS received enough H-1B petitions to conduct random lottery for 65,000 slots and 20,000 additional master's degree applicants Share/Email Print Social Web Email Feedback Close Digg Technorati del.icio.us MIXX Slashdot Reddit Newsvine Facebook Stumble ...

Despite an over 50 per cent drop in the number of H1-B visas issued to some Indian IT firms in 2007 against 2006, US Democrat senators Richard J Durbin and Charles E Grassley have written to nine Indian companies that figure among the top 25 recipients ...

DALLAS: Attorneys for a Pakistani imam seeking asylum in the U.S. said Tuesday they want immigration proceedings against him stopped. Safdar Razi Amir Ali, 43, appeared via videoconference before an immigration judge, who didn't rule in the case and set ...

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Bell: Maria Crail, a 59-year-old Latina woman, was found dead inside her home at 7004 Corona Ave. at about 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 2. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene at 9:14 a.m. According to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, officers ...

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LITTLE ROCK Arkansas State Police troopers will be trained on how to examine and detect forged identity documents carried by suspected illegal immigrants, but will not have the power to make immigration arrests, officials said Tuesday. Troopers in the ...

Last week, Chertoff issued waivers suspending more than 30 laws he said could interfere with 'the expeditious construction of barriers' in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. The list included laws protecting the environment, endangered species, ...

Washington: With outsourcing becoming an election issue, two US senators have questioned 25 top H1-B visa users, including nine Indian firms, about their recruitment process for professional workers, a majority of whom come from India. The nine Indian ...

In a change to its regulations, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to extend F-1 student visas for non-nationals from 12 months to 29 months. The ruling extends the time period for non-immigrant students graduating with technical degrees in ...

In a change to its regulations, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to extend F-1 student visas for non-nationals from 12 months to 29 months. The ruling extends the time period for non-immigrant students graduating with technical degrees in ...

MIAMI An Ecuadorean couple facing deportation are appealing a judge's refusal to hear their claim that they were unfairly targeted because their daughter is an immigration activist. The parents of Gabby Pacheco, 23, a Miami-Dade College student, say they ...

Securing the nations borders is so important, Congress says, that Michael Chertoff, the homeland security secretary, must have the power to ignore any laws that stand in the way of building a border fence. Any laws at all. Last week, Mr. Chertoff issued ...