The Programmers Guild and other opponents of the H-1B visa have turned to the US Supreme Court to hear their case against the OPT STEM extension. In a petition filed on November 13, the programmers guild has asked the Supreme Court to get involved after their petitions were rejected by two lower courts...

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has planned to conduct 25,000 onsite visits to companies that have hired workers on H1B visas this fiscal year. The move is a part of the on going investigation by USCIS to uncover H1B fraud and reduce and the abuse of the program. Last year...

Latest Update: 2010 H1B Update as of Dec 21, 09 Good news for all that applied for the H1B visa for fiscal year 2010. As predicted earlier, there has been a sharp decline in the number of H1b applications filed with USCIS. It seems like there will be no H1b lottery this year and all approved applicants...

Do you take it for granted that international students will stay back in the United States to work after completion of their studies? There is a popular belief that the US has the best jobs and therefore must be the number one choice as to where international students want to live and work after graduation....

Bank of America has become the first financial institution in the US to withdraw job offers that it has made to international students, since the new H-1B rules have been passed. The Financial Times has reported that BofA has withdrawn job offers that it has made to as many as 50 international MBA students...

The Obama Administration has announced that there will be no new H-1B restrictions unless unemployment in the US gets worse. The announcement was made when a delegation of Indian CEOs visited the White House to discuss economic matters. The Press Trust of India reports: “I do not see that there...