In a major shift in U.S. immigration policy, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...

For unlawfully discriminating against American workers in favour of foreign H-1B visa holders, the U.S. Department of Justice has penalised California-based tech recruiting firm Epik Solutions. U ...

The individual, who posted on Reddit, outlined their employment timeline: having worked on OPT from August 2022 to June 2023, then on STEM OPT until October 2023, before transitioning to H1B status.

In FY 2025, employers filed at least 423,028 eligible H-1B registrations, but U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services could only allow 85,000 new foreign nationals to obtain H-1B status under ...

USCIS data reveals a significant decline in H-1B visa registrations for FY 2026, falling by 26.9% from the previous year and over 54% compared to FY 2024. The agency attributes this drop to stricter ...

But critics argue that the H-1B is used to undercut wages and in some cases, replace U.S. workers with H-1B holders. Major tech firms also employ many lower-skill H-1B workers indirectly through ...

Amidst stricter H-1B visa scrutiny and tech layoffs in the US since early 2025, Indian professionals and their employers are increasingly exploring alternative visa options like L-1, O-1, and EB-5.

Amid tightened scrutiny of H-1B work visa applications and ongoing tech layoffs in the US, Indian professionals and their employers are increasingly looking at other non-immigrant visas such as L-1 ...