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
Travel Visa
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
