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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will start accepting petitions Wednesday, April 1, for H-1B visas for foreign workers in specialty occupations that require a bachelors degree or higher. The limit on H-1B visas is 65,000, but last year the cap ...

WASHINGTON: Indian employers account for just 11.9 per cent of the total H-1B visas issued in 2008 and their share has been declining over the years, a US think-tank has said days after new curbs were announced on such visas. H-1B visas are temporary ...

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WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has ruled out sending US troops in pursuit of extremists across the Afghan border into Pakistan, but demanded it hold up its end of the anti-terrorist struggle. Referring to US missile strikes on militants, Mr Obama ...

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A state panel on immigrant policy released recommendations Monday that include in-state tuition eligibility and driving privileges for illegal immigrants, as well as the creation of a commission on New Americans. Gov. Jon S. Corzine, ...

WASHINGTON: The annual flood of applications for visas for highly skilled workers is expected to ease this year, though companies say they will still push to eliminate a cap on the number awarded by the government. Immigration officials have been ...

Mexico has ruled out a joint border patrol with the United States of America. According to reports, they don't mind sharing intelligence with the U.S. but don't want joint patrols with the U.S. forces. According to Reuters, Mexico's President Felipe ...

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What's this SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The economic slump and soaring unemployment in the United States mean this is not a good time to push immigration reform, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Central American leaders on Monday. 'It's difficult ...

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - U.S. authorities at Arizona's six ports of entry along the Mexican border are ill equipped to screen vehicles and trains crossing into Mexico for smuggled weapons and cash, a U.S. official said on Monday. The Obama ...

DRINKERS in Aussie pubs have become the unlikely secret weapon in fighting drug couriers and illegal immigrants on the Texas-Mexico border. In a new twist to the phrase 'responsible drinking'', pub-goers are monitoring the US border over the internet. A ...

US lawmakers may be busy putting restrictions on the country's primary temporary work visa, H-1B, but new H-1B visaholders each year represent just seven in 10,000 civilian workers in the US, according to a report by an American public policy ...

A senior US senator cautioned Monday against deployments of national guard troops to the US border with Mexico, saying such a move would be 'premature and possibly counter-productive.' In remarks prepared for a special hearing in the Texas border city of ...

LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - Mexico will cooperate with the United States in sharing intelligence to fight drug trafficking but does not plan joint patrols with U.S. forces, President Felipe Calderon said on Monday. 'We do have to work together but that ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) announce additional requirements for employers, who receive funds through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)or under section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act (covered funding), before they may hire a ...

Washington (PTI): Indian employers account for just 11.9 per cent of the total H-1B visas issued in 2008 and their share has been declining over the years, a US think-tank has said days after new curbs were announced on such visas. H-1B visas are ...

The new U.S. Homeland Security Secretary has reportedly postponed a series of controversial immigration raids and other enforcement actions at U.S. workplaces. Janet Napolitano, according to the Washington Post, has delayed the raids, signaling a shift ...

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President Barack Obama ruled out sending US troops on a hot pursuit of extremists across the Afghan border into Pakistan -- but demanded Islamabad hold up its end of the anti-terror struggle. Referring to US missile strikes on militants, Obama said in a ...