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SPOTLIGHT:U.S. to notify H1-B lottery winners
There sure is a lot of controversy surrounding the H1-B visa program for skilled foreign workers but on thing is for sure: there's never a shortage of folks looking to score one of the highly
Read more...Tech dodges H1-B visa limits by moving to Canada
Microsoft is setting an interesting precedent by opening a new center near Vancouver, British Columbia that will allow the company to "recruit and retain highly skilled people affected by Read more...
Senate Bill would give domestic tech workers preference
As the market tightens and CIOs continue their global search for good technologists, they may want to carefully watch a new Senate proposal that would force high-tech companies to give priority to Read more...
Big push for more H1-B visas
Advocates of increasing the controversial H1-B visa limit are hoping that Congress passes the Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act of 2006 (SKIL) before closing down for the year. The Read more...
Where politicos stand on tech issues
With Election Day just around the corner, it's a good time to review who is for, and against, tech-related initiatives like the H1-B visa program, which would institute stricter federal rules on Read more...
ALSO NOTED: H1-B visa proposal stalled for now; Why BEA has taken a "blended" approach with open source; and much more...
> H1-B visa proposal stalled for now. Article > Why BEA has taken a "blended" approach with open Read more...
Why the H1-B visa is good for IT
The phrase 'H1-B visa' elicits lots of vocal opinions on whether the immigration program should be expanded or not and the impact that such visa programs are having on the IT industry. Most Read more...
ALSO NOTED: US hits H1-B visa limit; Snafu shuts down AOL email; and much more...
> U.S. hits H1-B visa limit. Article > Funlove virus rears up Read more...
New bill proposed on H1-B visa cap
The debate of the H1-B visa program promises to flare up again this week as a Senator is proposing a new bill that would raise the visa cap from 65,000 to 115,000. The new bill, being called Read more...




