EU starting registration of fingerprints and faces for short-stay foreigners
Biometric Entry/Exit System phased in from October to 29 Schengen countries
Security25 Sep 2025 | 208
Travel Visa
Visiting students can't hide social media accounts from Uncle Sam anymore
Visa seekers are reportedly censoring their own posts to visit the land of the free
Public Sector25 Jun 2025 | 116
Supreme Court doesn't want to hear union's beef about STEM grad work visas
End of the road for those hoping to cut 3-year permit back down to 12 months
CxO03 Oct 2023 | 7
Yes, Singapore immigration plans to scan your face instead of your passport
No, that does not mean you can leave it at home just yet
Security02 Oct 2023 | 16
UK opens up 'high-potential individual route' for tech worker immigration
Graduates from top 50 global universities get a pass as critics say it fails to make up for Brexit impact
On-Prem01 Jun 2022 | 99
HCL accused of wage theft, underpaying H-1B workers by at least $95m a year
US think tank reckons services giant abuses spirit of skilled migrant system
Off-Prem14 Dec 2021 | 13
Biden nixes Trump immigrant visa ban as clock runs down on H-1B suspension
Keeping family members out of the country deemed harmful
Legal27 Feb 2021 | 12
Trump pushes anti-immigrant policy into Biden term with extended freeze on H-1B and other work visas
Applicants will need to hold off until March at the earliest
On-Prem04 Jan 2021 | 12
US govt ups minimum H-1B tech salaries to $208,000 a year, more than startups can hope to afford, say VCs
Rule change to encourage American orgs to hire American workers over foreign talent
Science03 Nov 2020 | 64
Trump administration proposes H-1B visas go to highest-paid workers first
Scheme to encourage hiring pricey brainiacs instead of cheap footsloggers
Legal29 Oct 2020 | 68
Federal judge temporarily neutralizes President Trump's blockade against visas for foreign techies, other workers
Earlier ban on H-1B, H-2B, J and L passes ruled an overstep of presidential power, middle-finger to Congress
Science02 Oct 2020 | 21
With H-1B workers not exactly rushing to America this year, Uncle Sam plans to spend millions home-growing IT staff
Department of Labor puts $150m into computer, cyber-security training grants to plug visa hole
Security28 Sep 2020 | 38
US restricts visas for folks working at Huawei and other Chinese tech makers – seemingly over China's human-rights abuses
Staff face being turned away at the border for nation's treatment of Uyghurs
Networks16 Jul 2020 | 24
Trump U-turns on foreign student crackdown: F-1, M-1 visa holders allowed to study online mid-pandemic in the US
Funnily enough, triggering a brain drain and denting the economy isn't such a great vote winner
Science14 Jul 2020 | 24
Big Tech backs colleges in war against Trump's ban on foreign students taking web-only classes mid-pandemic
Microsoft, Google, Facebook and pals weigh in on F-1, M-1 visa lawsuit
Science14 Jul 2020 | 6
Home Office waves a cool £1bn to outsource handling of British visa, citizenship applications
Here's hoping the winner does a better job than Sopra Steria
On-Prem01 Jun 2020 | 30
Ignore the noise about a scary hidden backdoor in Intel processors: It's a fascinating debug port
VISA: It's everywhere (on the system bus) you want to be
On-Prem29 Mar 2019 | 48
Two out of five Silicon Valley techies complain Trump's H-1B crackdown has hit 'em hard
End of fast processing upsets the Apple cart (and workers at other Silicon Valley giants)
On-Prem10 Jan 2019 | 38
Silicon Valley IT biz boss cops to lying about Cisco H-1B jobs
Consulting firm fibbed about hirings to import more workers
On-Prem21 Jul 2017 | 24
Uncle Sam backs down on slurping passwords from US visa hopefuls
State Dept asks public for comment on proposals to probe immigrants' online profiles
Security05 May 2017 | 38
Trump signs exec order signaling foreign H-1B visa techie crackdown
Updated Buy American, hire American, unlike me, grins US president
Legal18 Apr 2017 | 38
Silicon Valley staffing agency boss charged with H‑1B visa fraud
CEO and pal faked letters from Cisco, Brocade, Stanford, prosecutors claim
On-Prem30 Mar 2017 | 10
US work visas for international tech talent? 'If Donald Trump is elected all bets are off'
Application costs up, lines longer... now this
On-Prem13 May 2016 | 137
This year's H-1B visa lottery jammed full in just six days
Analysis American IT workers bend over and prepare to get screwed
On-Prem08 Apr 2016 | 72
Non-American nerds jam immigration pleading for right to live in the US
H-1B annual quota smashed in seven days – now hopefuls will go through lottery process
On-Prem08 Apr 2015 | 72
British visa website goes TITSUP... just before XMAS HOLIDAYS
Royal family teaset and tiny Big Ben replica suppliers feel the heat
Legal22 Nov 2013 | 13
Infosys set for $35m fine over US visa naughtiness
Report says company undercut rivals by using cheap B-1 visas instead of pricier H1-B
Legal30 Oct 2013 | 19
Lawsuit: Infosys abuses visas to discriminate against US staff
Claims 90% of US staff is made up of Asian immigrants
Legal06 Aug 2013 | 34
China visa changes could attract job-hunting IT pros
Must speak the language, endure nasty pollution, censored internet ... what's not to like?
On-Prem17 Jan 2013 | 32
Australia’s new AUD$5m golden visa
Open door policy for millionaires, just not via boat
On-Prem25 Nov 2012 | 10
Yahoo! hires! top! Googler! to! revamp! operations!
Marissa Mayer gets her man – for a price
On-Prem15 Oct 2012 | 8
WikiWin: Icelandic court orders Visa to process WikiLeaks $$$
Financial ban lifted in Assange victory
Legal13 Jul 2012 | 124
Anonymous turns attack drones against fax machines
From cyberspace to Office Space
Security14 Dec 2010 | 57
Brussels blocks UK from biometric superdatabase
Intelligence defeat for spooks
Legal04 Nov 2010 | 31
IPS finds no nuggets in ID checking goldmine
Claims targets exceeded, but fee income tiny
Legal04 Jul 2008 | 2
Biting the hand that feeds IT
