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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN U.S. REBOUNDS 11/30/2007 From The Institute of International EducationINTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN U.S. REBOUNDS Total foreign student enr more >

International Students Welcome in America, Officials Say 7/3/2007 Washington The United States wants to provide more opportunities for international students from financially disadvantag more >

US should act to curb reverse brain drain 7/2/2007 WASHINGTON: An Indian American entrepreneur researcher has suggested that the US abolish H1-B visas for skilled workers more >

H-1 MASTERS CAP STILL OPEN FOR MASTERS STUDENTS 4/12/2007   USCIS has announced that, as of April 9, 2007, about a total of approximately 12,989 cases requesting an exemptio more >

Is This Any Way To Run A Railroad: Why America Should Say No To The H-1B Lottery 4/12/2007 Is This Any Way To Run A Railroad: Why America Should Say No To The H-1B Lottery by Gary Endelman No one should be surpr more >

Bill Gates asks US Senate panel to ease skilled-worker visas 3/8/2007 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. immigration policy is driving away the world's "best and brightest" precisely more >

Bush wants H-1B visa cap hike 1/25/2007 January 25, 2007 (Computerworld) -- WASHINGTON -- President Bush yesterday called for an increase in the federal cap on more >

Immigrants behind 25% of start-ups 1/4/2007 From AP News Service:SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Foreign-born entrepreneurs were behind one in four technology startups in the more >

Tech lobby to renew visa reform push 12/24/2006 Techworld Dec Issue, Author: Robert MullinsAs Democrats take over leadership of both houses of the U.S. Congress from Re more >

US granting larger numbers of H-1B & student visas to Indians in 2006 12/20/2006 From: www.workpermit.com18 December 2006The U.S. fiscal year 2006 saw an increased number of H-1B visas granted to highl more >

Legal immigrants to US face green card logjam 12/1/2006 PHOENIX: Following all the rules, Indian national Sanjay Mehta arrived in the United States on a temporary work visa in more >

The foreign workers we really need 11/30/2006 U.S. companies must go outside the country to fill many high-skill jobsBy KEVIN MCDONALDVice President, Alvaka Networks more >

Multimedia Initiative Helps Chinese Students Study in the USA 11/30/2006 Information in Chinese made available to potential enrolleesBy Jeffrey ThomasUSINFO Staff WriterWashington -- Several hi more >

Asians earn 25 percent of doctorates in American universities 11/11/2006 Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent for Asian TribuneWashington, D.C. 12 November (Asiantribune.com): Although more >

International graduate enrollment increases for first time in four years 11/5/2006 International Graduate Student Enrollment Increases 1% - Reverses 3-year decline in total enrollment Total enrollment of more >

H-1B Visa and EB Green Card Stories: 10/6/2006 From: www.competeamerica.orgH-1B Visa and EB Green Card Stories: America's Losses Are Our Foreign Competitors' GainsPers more >

Slot of 20,000 H1B visas exhausted 7/31/2006 The slot of 20,000 visas in the H1B category reserved for those who have a master’s or a higher degree from Americ more >

The Economic Argument for H1-B Visa Expansion 7/31/2006 The U.S. remains the best country for entrepreneurs to create wealth-enhancing innovations that the whole world can enjo more >

Jobs That Will Get You A U.S. Visa - Forbes Magazine 7/14/2006 What's the easiest way to legally enter the United States? Love. Fall in love with an American citizen, get married and more >

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Infosys to Hire 300 US Grads - From Red Herring 5/16/2006 As part of its globalization plan, the Indian software giant will hire graduates fresh out of college in the U.S. and th more >

Gettin’ big, bigger - The Economic Times 5/13/2006 As a new wave of Indians prepare to pack their bags and head to US universities for the ‘06-07 academic year, the more >

Stingy immigration policy stifles U.S. innovation From USA Today 4/26/2006 By Lezlee Westine and Scott McNealy for USA TODAYWhat do the founders of Intel, Sun Microsystems and Google — Andy more >

World Scholar Magazine recognizes internationalstudents4hire.com as leading career resource for international students 4/26/2006 The latest issue of The World Scholar has highlighted internationalstudents4hire as a unique and powerful career resourc more >

Economists support entry of educated foreigners 4/25/2006   Washington -- Senators heard leading economists examine Tuesday one of the most highly charged issues in the emot more >

Insourcing of Foreign Students & Engineers Top U.S. Priority 3/22/2006 Diane M. Grassi for the American ChronicleMarch 15, 2006Effective on July 1, 2006, it will be more difficult for U.S. st more >

FY 2007 and 2006 H-1B filing 3/22/2006 Employers planning on filing FY 2007 H-1B visas for new foreign employees are strongly encouraged to initiate their peti more >

The H-1b Non-Immigrant Visa- April 1, 2006 Is The Big Day 3/21/2006 The application period for the H1-b visa begins on Saturday, April 1. The visa has a numerical limitation of 65,000 per more >

Indian IT industry to urge Bush to raise H1-B visa cap 2/22/2006 THE information technology industry would pitch for increasing the number of H1-B (non-immigrant) visas and a mechanism more >

Extra effort sometimes necessary for job-seeking international students 2/22/2006 By HEATHER WINSLOWFebruary 21, 2006 U.S. citizenship is something many in Lincoln may take for granted as they begin loo more >

Quota reached on US H1B visas for advanced degrees 1/20/2006 Jan 20, 2006 - According to an update from US Citizenship and Immigration Service, the quota of 20,000 H1-B Vi more >

Congress drops plan to raise limit on H1-B visas - US House of Representatives Hinders Offshore Services 12/21/2005 The U.S. House of Representatives dropped a provision to raise the number of H1-B visas by 30,000 from a budget bill tha more >

Watch Foreign Students News Report 11/20/2005 See whats happening with international student enrollment in the US - latest IIE report for 2005 more >

Fewer Foreign Students Attend American Universities 11/19/2005 Foreign student enrollment in the United States is on the rebound, and more American students are studying abroad.  more >

US Caps Extra H1-B Visas at 30K a Year 11/1/2005 From: www.caltradereport.comDecision is hailed by some, slammed by othersWASHINGTON, DC - 10/31/05 - In a compromise mov more >

Senate panel increases H-1B visa limit 10/21/2005 By Grant Gross, IDG News Service, 10/21/05The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved an extra 30,00 more >

US Senate debates on H1B visas 10/20/2005 PTI[ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2005 08:00:16 PM]WASHINGTON: Indian IT professionals hoping to emigrate to the US are likely to more >

"Policy-makers should provide a one-year automatic visa extension that allows international students to remain in the United States to seek employment" - Proposal from National Academies- NY Times/Rediff 10/14/2005 From Rediff India AbroadAgencies | October 13, 2005 14:35 ISTThe United States' top advisory panel has warned that more >

Indictments returned in diploma mill case - The Seattle Times 10/7/2005 By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSThe Associated PressSPOKANE, Wash. — Eight people were indicted today by a federal grand ju more >

US offers H1-B sop to developing nations 9/29/2005 Farm talks: Plans to up visa quota in order to tone down Third World’s aggressive WTO stanceNEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 3 more >

Visas still available for US Masters graduates 9/14/2005 USCIS confirmed that numbers are still available for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 under the H-1B Visa Reform Act.  As more >

SEVP advises international students affected by Katrina 9/13/2005 The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) reported numerous international students have been affected by Hurricane more >

Options still available for hiring foreign nationals 9/13/2005 Even though the FY 2006 H-1B cap was met in record time, many options are still available for employers wanting to hire more >

Sustaining America’s Preeminence In Science and Innovation - MIT Newsletter 9/2/2005 copyright The Tech 1985-2003, Volume 125, Number 35 Nowhere is the edifice of scientific innovation more robust than in more >

US H1B visa quota filled - The quota does not apply to cases filed for individuals with U.S. masters' degrees or above who are eligible for one of the 20,000 special H-1B cap exemptions. 8/15/2005 From workpermit.com15 August 2005US immigration officials said they have stopped accepting applications for H-1B visas f more >

Businesses fear scientist shortage -MSNBC 8/8/2005 By Tracy Kershaw-Staley Dayton Business JournalUpdated: 8:00 p.m. ET Aug. 7, 2005After a job fair at Wright State Univer more >

Editorial: Foreign students/U.S. needs national policy - StarTribune.com 8/6/2005 "I have a special message for young people across the world," said Karen Hughes, the new U.S. undersecretary f more >

H-1B Quota to finish on Aug. 10 - SiliconIndia.com 8/3/2005 FREMONT: The 65,000 H-1B quota only has 9,000 petitions left and is expected to finish on August 10, 2005 if not sooner, more >

H1-B is passe, ‘W’ visa is hot - Times of Inidia 8/3/2005 NEW DELHI: If a new piece of US legislation goes through, you could soon be applying for a ‘W’ visa instead more >

Restraints on foreign nationals chafe schools - Wichita Eagle 8/1/2005 BY KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTHThe Wichita EagleOn a recent morning, Wichita State University mechanical engineering graduate s more >

Doing PhD in US? Get the green card 7/28/2005 URMI A GOSWAMITIMES NEWS NETWORKNEW DELHI: No numerical caps for H visas, removing the labour condition for H-1B visas, more >

Students having harder time getting to U.S. schools 7/14/2005 By Erica Pippins Montgomery Advertiser As Troy University's dean of international programs, Curtis Porter has come in co more >

Workplace: Sales pitch with a hitch - KEITH RUSSELL 7/12/2005 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Scores of college students descend upon Nashville to take part in Southwestern Co.'s legendary sales more >

Soothing Culture Shock - BusinessWeek 7/1/2005 From: BusinessWeek OnlineFor international students coming to the U.S., starting B-school can be a real jolt. Here are s more >

India demands 195K H1-B US visas 6/24/2005 NEW DELHI: IN A move that has significance for Indian professionals seeking to work in the US, the government has made a more >

Becoming A Lawyer Is Hard Work For Chinese Student 6/21/2005 Ke Wan, a Chinese student who earned his master of law degree at the University of Pennsylvania, says studying in the Un more >

Chinese Students Get Longer Visas 6/20/2005 Students from China studying in the United States will have their visas extended from six months to one year, officials more >

US welcome mat still out in US for foreign students 6/5/2005 Washington, June 4 (PTI): The United States has an "enduring commitment" to support international educational more >

Consultancy Firms- New Age Slavery in U.S - Beware of Scams 6/4/2005 Murali Krishna Devarakonda loves America. He loves to talk about America - at length and with gusto. "You couldn't more >

Decline in immigration could bring 'brain drain' 5/29/2005 The number of educated immigrants and foreigners coming to Massachusetts to study has declined in recent years, which co more >

Student of Concern -SF Weekly 5/18/2005 Student of Concern Will we be more secure -- or just less competitive -- if the government forces hundreds of thousands more >

U.S. Expects 20,000 H-1B Visas To Go Quickly - Information Week 5/11/2005 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service Department (USCIS) is opening wide its doors Thursday for 20,000 foreign na more >

High-Quality Grad Students Integral to U.S. Science, Engineering 5/10/2005 High-Quality Grad Students Integral to U.S. Science, Engineering - International Scientists and Engineers Are Essential more >

Stingy immigration policy stifles U.S. innovation - USA Today 5/1/2005 By Lezlee Westine and Scott McNealy for USA TODAY What do the founders of Intel, Sun Microsystems and Google — And more >

Stingy immigration policy stifles U.S. innovation - USA Today 5/1/2005 By Lezlee Westine and Scott McNealy for USA TODAY What do the founders of Intel, Sun Microsystems and Google — And more >

Gates wants an end to foreign worker visa limits 4/27/2005 Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Congress should do away with limits on how many foreign workers technology companies more >

Graduation yields uncertainty for international students 4/27/2005 Student visas expire; students seek employment in U.S. or head home to their native countriesWith graduation quickly app more >

Outsourcing off Los Angeles? 4/20/2005 What if you could outsource to a company that offered the cost savings of an India-based outsourcing firm, but whose fac more >

The tax man cometh 4/13/2005 As the tax-filing deadline looms, various services can simplify the task .Taxes present a particular problem for interna more >

Can the U.S. still compete? 4/13/2005 Even before the Association for Computing Machinery's International Collegiate Programming Contest began, everyone knew more >

Visas for skilled noncitizens who are U.S.-educated to rise by 20,000 4/12/2005 Foreign worker quota going upMIAMI - Splinex Technology of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., plans to more than double its 40-membe more >

Outsourcing is essential for survival of companies 4/12/2005 The 58-year-old Crawford W Beveridge, who is Executive President (People & Places) and Chief Human Resource Officer more >

As Government Cap on Work Visas Rises, So Does Confusion 4/12/2005 By S. Mitra Kalita Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 8, 2005; Page E01 The two engineers have been ready for mo more >

H-1B backlash: Federal program meant for hard-to-fill jobs, but critics cite company misuse 4/11/2005 Her boss calls Ming Guo the world's only human resources statistician.When Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center more >

Growing economy lures newly degreed graduate students to return to China 4/10/2005 Taking home an MBA - Growing economy lures newly degreed graduate students to return to ChinaIt's been a long haul for C more >

Attorneys fight 'laughable' H1-B visa mess 4/1/2005 WASHINGTON - What began as a relief, for many thousands of students and workers seeking H-1B visas, has now turned into more >

Pitt will cover $100 government fee for foreign students 4/1/2005 The University of Pittsburgh said yesterday it will begin reimbursing foreign students and scholars for a new $100 gover more >

International students have new option for calling home 3/31/2005 For many international students, calling home can be an expensive chore. Luis Fonseca, a freshman majoring in economics more >

The application period for the H1-b visa begins on Saturday, April 1. The visa has a numerical limitation of 65,000 per year 3/21/2005 The application period for the H1-b visa begins on Saturday, April 1. The visa has a numerical limitation of 65,000 per more >

Keeping Out The Wrong People - From Business Week 10/4/2004 Like a forlorn Estragon from Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Zubair Malik has been waiting. And waiting. The 30-year more >

For foreign students, job situation bleak - Busine 10/4/2004 For Gautam Begani, it was all about an MBA and a chance to study in America in 2000. The India native said the tech boom more >

Colleges cast a wider net - Arizona Republic Most international students coming to Arizona plan to graduate with degrees from one of the state's three universities, more >

Research Will Suffer As International Grad Student "We have some graduate programs that are about 75 percent international students," Carlin says. "If we lose those and do more >

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