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InternetNews
April 11, 2007
Roy Mark |
Bills Would Expand H1-B Visa Quotas Lawmakers seek to expand the number of foreign U.S. graduates for technology work pool.   |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Debate over Scarcity -- and Skills -- of IT Workers According to the Information Technology Association of America's May study, U.S. companies will be short nearly 600,000 qualified IT professionals over the next 12 months. |
InternetNews
June 5, 2006
Roy Mark |
Poof! H1-B Visas Gone Four months before the 2007 U.S. fiscal years even begins, visas for highly skilled tech workers are already consigned. |
InternetNews
May 15, 2007
Roy Mark |
H1-B Visa Reform Gains More Support The legislative agenda for H1-B visa reform in Congress grew more crowded today with another proposal to increase the number of skilled foreign workers available to the U.S. workforce. |
InternetNews
April 1, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft: H-1B Workers Needed Despite Layoffs The software titan's top lawyer lobbies online to expand the number of visas for foreign workers. |
Global Services
November 29, 2007 |
The Future of Temporary Immigration The debate on skilled immigrants will peak as 2008 U.S. Presidential elections approach, and then ebb. Even if current regulations don't get stricter through amendments, their enforcement certainly will. |
InternetNews
June 28, 2007
Roy Mark |
H1-B Visa Increase Nixed With Immigration Bill Unable to muster 60 votes to cut off debate, Senate Democrats today tabled their efforts to enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill. |
CFO
July 15, 2008
Kate Plourd |
Coming to America To plug the talent gap, finance departments are hiring foreign nationals - if they can obtain visas, that is. |
InternetNews
April 4, 2007
Roy Mark |
H1-B Visas: One And Done One day after the opening of the H1-B visa program process, the 2008 allotment of 85,000 H1-B visas is already gone. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Stephanie Overby |
Cap On, Cap Off In 1998 and 2000, when high-tech companies asked Congress to raise the cap on H-1B visas (temporary permits that allow qualified foreigners to work in the United States), nary a legislator blinked. The cap, however, is slated to shrink to its original level in October 2003. |
Entrepreneur
October 2005
Joshua Kurlantzick |
In or Out? The immigration issue is as hot as ever, but it's no longer just a partisan debate. |
InternetNews
August 15, 2005
Roy Mark |
Game Over: Next Year's H1-B Visas Already Gone Early run on visa pool prompts tech calls for increased allocations. |
Inc.
December 2005
Stephanie Clifford |
Cracks in the Melting Pot Visa restrictions are keeping entrepreneurial immigrants away, and they're finding new opportunities overseas. |
InternetNews
November 29, 2004
Roy Mark |
H-1B Visa Expansion Draws Praise High tech interests scored a late victory in Congress when the lame duck legislature increased the 2005 H-1B visa ceiling by 20,000 foreign workers. The visas are limited to workers with graduate degrees from U.S. universities. |
BusinessWeek
December 10, 2009
Moira Herbst |
Still Wanted: Foreign Talent -- and Visas With the U.S. jobless rate at 10%, continued hiring of workers from abroad may stoke controversy. |
BusinessWeek
November 6, 2006
Nichola Saminather |
Biotech's Beef There is a disconnect between what universities are teaching and what biotech wants. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 1, 2011
Carmen Nobel |
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators? The H-1B visa program, which enables US employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers for three years, is "a lightning rod for a very heated debate," says Harvard Business School professor William Kerr. |
Global Services
July 23, 2007
Juhi Bhambal |
Temp. Visas: Outsourcing's Thorny Issue As two Senators charge tech companies of bringing cheap foreign workers to the U.S., costing Americans their jobs, the thorny issue of supposed visa abuse once again mars an otherwise rosy outsourcing story. We trace the events of the last two months. |
CIO
August 12, 2009
Stephanie Overby |
H-1B Visa Sponsors: Surprise! You're Being Audited U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services has beefed up its anti-fraud auditing efforts this year with surprise site visits to companies that employ temporary non-immigrant visa holders. Corporate attorneys weigh in with tips on how to prepare for an H-1B visa audit. |
CIO
October 18, 2011
Stephanie Overby |
H-1B Visa Processing Delays Threaten IT Project Success The U.S. government's increased scrutiny of guest worker visa programs is leading to lengthy delays in processing IT outsourcing companies' applications for H-1B and L-1 visas. These delays are making it even more difficult for some IT groups and outsourcing providers to complete projects on time. |
InternetNews
March 7, 2007
Roy Mark |
Gates: Swing Open The Talent Door Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told a Senate panel today U.S. immigration policies are slamming the door in the faces of the best and brightest talent at a time when America needs them the most. |
Chemistry World
October 19, 2010
Akshat Rathi |
Immigration cap could spell disaster for UK science In June the government announced a temporary cap on the number of skilled workers from non-EU states that can enter Britain. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 22, 2014
Dina Gerdeman |
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don't Cost US Jobs Hiring skilled immigrants by United States high-tech firms not only doesn't push out existing workers, it creates job opportunities for all, argues William Kerr. |
InternetNews
May 25, 2007
Roy Mark |
Senate Votes to Hike H1-B Visa Fees Amendment to immigration bill draws sharp opposition from tech coalition. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004
Spencer E. Ante |
Keeping Out the Wrong People Tightened visa rules are slowing the vital flow of professionals into the U.S. |
InternetNews
November 20, 2009 |
Tech's H-1B Hiring Faces 'Employ America Act' Bipartisan legislation is designed to limit foreign labor via temporary guest worker programs. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009
Hamm & Herbst |
America's High-Tech Sweatshops U.S. companies may be contributing unwittingly to the exploitation of workers imported from India and elsewhere by tech-services outfits. |
InternetNews
January 28, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft to Layoff Some H-1B Holders Microsoft is laying off those it can most do without, citizens or not. |
InternetNews
March 3, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Fires Back in H-1B Workers Spat Despite pressure from Sen. Grassley, Microsoft's top lawyer says it doesn't plan to lay off H-1B workers before U.S. citizens. |
BusinessWeek
August 25, 2003
Spencer E. Ante |
Too Many Visas for Techies? U.S. workers gripe that lax rules may cost them their jobs |
Salon.com
October 19, 2000
Ed Frauenheim |
The scourge of Silicon Valley Anti-immigration crusader Norman Matloff says he's fighting for the rights of tech workers everywhere... |
InternetNews
March 12, 2008 |
Gates Wants More Professional Visas Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asked Congress on Wednesday for more visas for skilled professionals, echoing arguments often made by many in the tech sector. |
InternetNews
February 1, 2006
Roy Mark |
Tech Embraces Bush Call For U.S. Competitiveness Praise rolls in for President Bush's new agenda focused on increased spending on innovation and education in the U.S. |
Chemistry World
November 27, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Obama acts to attract non-US scientists and engineers President Obama wants scientists and engineers that come to the US to study to stay and build successful businesses. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2008
Jay Greene |
Case Study: Microsoft's Canadian Solution Microsoft opened an office in Richmond, B.C., where it hopes to place hundreds of workers unable to obtain visas a few miles south in the U.S. |
InternetNews
November 4, 2005
Roy Mark |
Tech Wins Big in Senate Budget Bill Differences still remain with the House of Representatives over DTV transition and H-1B visas. |
InternetNews
July 6, 2007 |
Microsoft: North to Canada Microsoft said it plans to expand its presence in Canada by opening a new software development center in the greater Vancouver, British Columbia, area. |
CFO
March 15, 2006
Don Durfee |
Help Wanted Why business should worry about the battle over immigration reform and its impact on the US economy. |
Inc.
October 2005
Shramm & Litan |
Op-ed: Foreign Students Who Study Engineering Deserve Citizenship It's time that we stop envying China, and start making the U.S. a friendlier place for engineers. |
Global Services
May 27, 2007
Shyamanuja Das |
Protectionism v2.0: Anti-offshoring or Anti-Indian? Two members of U.S. Senate have sent out letters to nine Indian tech companies demanding to know how they are using the H-1B visas issued to them. |
Entrepreneur
April 2006
Mark Henricks |
Can't Tech It Anymore Why are so many entrepreneurs struggling to find qualified tech employees? |
Industrial Physicist
Oct/Nov 2004
Eric J. Lerner |
News Democrats & Republicans: What's the record on physical science? |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2008
Michael Orey |
People Movers Dispatching workers around the globe is more than HR can handle. So a new industry has sprung up. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2009
Tim Beyers |
This Is the Next Great Tech Market India is more than an emerging economy. Mumbai and Bangalore, together, may be the world's next alternative to Silicon Valley. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009 |
Inside the Sweatshops Here are some of the ways unscrupulous tech services companies violate work-visa regulations and hurt workers. |
CIO
December 15, 2003
Grant Gross |
A CIO's Agenda for 2004 CIOs critique Congress on a national plan for Internet sales taxes and raising H-1B visa limits. |
InternetNews
January 24, 2007
Roy Mark |
State of The Union Speech Light on Tech President George Bush was far more circumspect about information technology in his Tuesday night State of the Union address than he was during his 2006 speech in which he gave a major plug for technology and competitiveness. |
InternetNews
February 4, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Adobe Lines up Big Names for CEO Summit Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will lead the discussion on issues affecting California's IT industry. |
Chemistry World
February 26, 2013
Simon Perks |
UK top scientist immigration policy under fire While Prime Minister David Cameron was away promoting the UK to Indian businesses and students, his stance on immigration was coming under increasing fire at home. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006
Spencer E. Ante |
Give Me Your Diligent, Your Smart America really needs to attract high-skilled immigrants. |
