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The U.S. has started conducting online presence reviews of all H-1B and H-4 visa applicants in a bid to curb what it refers to as the "abuse" of the program. The wage protection law proposed by the ...

The H-1B visa registration process for fiscal year 2027 has began. The initial registration window opened at noon Eastern Time on March 4, 2026 and will close at noon Eastern Time on March 19, 2026.

Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott directed public universities and state agencies to freeze any new H-1B visas. The freeze comes a few months after the Trump administration increased the application fee ...

When President Trump announced this fall that employers would have to start paying $100,000 to hire foreign-born workers on an H-1B visa, he focused on big companies like Amazon and Google being “very ...

Every year, thousands of skilled workers compete for a chance to work in the United States. This is the H-1B lottery. By law, the government can only approve 85,000 new H-1B visas each year: 65,000 ...

The H-1B and F-1 pathways into the United States still work. People get approved, build careers, and settle into lives here every year. That has not changed. What has changed is the margin around ...

Medicine is an international affair in Maine, and not just because Canada sits nearby. The Northern Light Health system, which serves 800,000 Mainers, relies on about 100 foreign workers — including ...