Leaders from across U.S. technology industry are condemning new restrictions on employment-based visas imposed by President Donald Trump this week. Tech employers say they use work visas to recruit employees… Read More
(Update, Feb. 1: The headline on this story has been corrected to more accurately represent the status of workers eligible for H-1B visas.) Effective April 1, there will be new… Read More
President Donald Trump told H-1B visa holders to “rest assured” because “changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty” to their status in the United States in… Read More
A Seattle architecture firm is suing the federal government for denying a work visa to one of its employees, an increasingly common practice that has the tech industry reeling. When… Read More
President Donald Trump’s immigration authorities are moving to enact broad changes to a visa that allows American companies to bring international workers to the country. On Friday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration… Read More
The Department of Justice is pressing charges against the CEO of two Bellevue, Wash., technology staffing firms claiming he faked more than 100 applications for H-1B visas, the type tech… Read More
Jansi Kumar immigrated from India to the United States in 2016 because of a promise. She would be allowed to work. Her husband was already living in America on an H-1B… Read More
Seattle-area entrepreneur Mina Yoo has been in the United States since 1991, receiving a dual Ph.D. in sociology and business administration from the University of Michigan, working as a University… Read More
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President Donald Trump plans to sign a series of executive orders today aimed at cracking down on abuse of the work visa program that tech companies rely on to hire talent… Read More
A new set of guidelines, issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Friday, requires computer programmers to provide additional evidence that they have specialized skills to qualify for an… Read More
One of Donald Trump’s first priorities in office has been to restrict the entry of foreigners into the U.S. But while he’s so far focused on refugees and individuals from… Read More
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, is taking Microsoft to task over its latest round of layoffs — saying that the company shouldn’t be seeking to bring in more foreign… Read More
Microsoft has led the push to allow more high-tech workers into the United States under H-1B visas by charging companies an extra fee that would help fund science, technology, engineering… Read More
It’s the start of an annual tradition, and the revival of a perennial debate. Today is the first day for companies to submit petitions to employ highly skilled foreign workers… Read More