US high-tech visa quota already met
News The federal government has received enough H-1B visa applications to meet this year's cap, prompting one business group to call for reform of the controversial guest worker programme. The H-1B visa programme allows skilled foreign workers, such as...
[February 19, 2004, 13:39]
Bush hints door may open for more tech workers
News If so, the stage will be set for another round of debates about the practice of temporarily importing guest workers for tech tasks -- already a sore spot for critics of the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes.
[January 21, 2004, 13:59]
Ex-Sun worker files discrimination suit
News The suit alleges that Sun refused to rehire any of the laid-off American workers, and that it developed a performance evaluation program that favoured the retention of H-1B visa holders in order to save money.
[March 19, 2003, 13:50]
US visitor visas 'ship middle-class jobs offshore'
News Shah and her fiancé, Kai Barrett, who worked for ADP subsidiary Wilco Systems as an H-1B visa holder, are suing the company. Another controversial guest-worker visa program is the H-1B program. Yet another proposal on the horizon that could affect...
[February 5, 2004, 11:35]
Demand for US immigrant work visas rises in 2001
News But the survey has also sparked outrage among anti-immigration lobbyists, who say that H-1B visa workers steal jobs from Americans. According to Project USA, American companies pay H-1B visa workers less than the average American worker with the...
[January 23, 2002, 15:12]
Offshoring: Why the US still needs engineers
News The H-1B visa is the classic visa that a graduating foreign student uses between the student visa and the green card. Making it easier for immigration would certainly help, because what is happening is that the visa pipeline has been a joke.
[June 30, 2004, 15:10]
Google vs US immigration policy
Blog Comment She was told that she could not apply for the job, just (and only because) because she could not be hired under an h-1b Visa. Lazlo Block, a good talking head, but my first hand experience shows that Google uses h-1b body shop to find workers.
[June 7, 2007, 18:00]
Black Hat gears up in Las Vegas
News On Sunday, Thomas Dullien, chief executive of the German company Sabre Security, reported in his personal blog that he had been denied entry to the US for reasons to do with H-1B visa regulations. The eleventh annual Black Hat security conference...
[July 31, 2007, 9:43]
China: Bursting with brainpower
News At first glance, the trend might appear to be a typical brain drain or a way for US companies to hire foreign labour while skirting political obstacles related to the H-1B visa immigration controversy.
[July 11, 2002, 7:57]
What the Obama presidency means for tech
News Additionally, Obama has only promised to expand the H-1B visa programme temporarily. In Washington and Silicon Valley circles, betting has already begun on who will be the nation's first chief technology officer (CTO).
[November 6, 2008, 11:15]
