The United States is set to begin a pilot programme for domestic renewal of certain categories of H-1B visas in December, a step that will benefit a significantly large number of Indian technology professionals, a US official has said. This comes months after the White House announced the plan during the state visit of Prime … Read more
Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-origin Republican candidate for the US Presidential elections in 2024, called the H-1B visa programme for immigrants “indentured servitude”. He vowed to “gut” the lottery-based visa system and replace it with a system based on meritocracy if he becomes the US President in 2024. H-1B visa is much sought-after among Indian … Read more
Vivek Ramaswamy is himself the child of immigrants. Washington: Calling the H-1B visa programme “indentured servitude”, Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to “gut” the lottery-based system and replace it with meritocratic admission if he wins the race to the White House in 2024. The H-1B visa, the much-sought-after among Indian IT professionals, … Read more