The bill, called the US Citizenship Act of 2021, will help thousands of Indian IT professionals in US whose waiting period for legal permanent residency runs into several decades

The passage of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act by the Senate on Wednesday comes as a big relief to Indian IT professionals who come to the US on H-1B work visas

While BSE bankex gained 761 points to 31,505 compared to earlier close of 30,744, BSE IT index rose 463 points to 22170 against previous close of 21,707

The Biden Administration will support family-based immigration and preserve family unification as a core principle of the US' immigration system, which includes reducing the family visa backlog

With Kamala Harris as his deputy, Biden is expected to reverse the move of the outgoing Trump administration to revoke work permits to the spouses of H-1B visas, which had adversely impacted a large number of Indian families in the United States

US President Donald Trump, keen to regulate the country's immigration policies, on June 22, signed the executive order temporarily banning issuing fresh H-1B and L-1 visas till December 31

Move, made public on Wednesday, less than two weeks ahead of the November 3 presidential election, is likely to impact several Indian companies which send their technology professionals on B-1 visas for a short stay to complete jobs on site in the US

New H-1B restrictions: The US government's new order narrows definition of 'specialty occupation' while closing overboard definition that worked well for years for overseas companies doing business in the US

Coronavirus pandemic has not only caused disruptions in the labour market, but also forced many education and training providers and employers to rethink how to deliver training, US Department of Labor said

The data is for the quarter ended June 30, evaluated by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

H-1B Visa rules: Travel by applicants seeking to resume ongoing employment in the United States in the same position with the same employer has been allowed; H-1B visa holders will also be allowed to take dependents along with them

Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently

The decision will impact a large number of Indian IT professionals who are seeking jobs in the US

\"Someone from India entering the backlog today would have to wait 195 years to receive an EB-3 green card. Even if we give their children this limbo status, none of them will have a prayer of becoming a US citizen,\" Lee said on the Senator floor

The plaintiffs who filed the lawsuit include the National Association of Manufacturers, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the National Retail Federation seeking to reverse the immigration restrictions comprising those on H-1B visas

There are other countries that are competing to draw some of that investment and bring in these workers as a competitor to the US, USIBC president Nisha Desai Biswal said

According to Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, the visa suspension order is both an \"abuse\" of the president's executive power and a \"politically motivated\" attempt to shift blame

US suspends H-1B visas: There are more than 3 lakh Indian H-1B visa holders in the US at the moment. The new policy is not going to impact the existing H-1B visa holding Indians in the US

For FY21, Indians had applied for as many as 1.84 lakh or nearly 70 per cent of the total H-1B visas, according to the data by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

The order is likely to affect Indian IT companies such as Infosys, Wipro, TCS and HCL Technologies, among others as Indian nationals comprise nearly 70% of the 85,000 H1-B visas granted to foreign workers by the US government every year